You do, I’d recommend buying a drop in handguard. It’s cheap but I purchased a AIM Sports drop in quad rail and I love it and it’s super snug. It was only $21.
You get what you pay for in the fire arm world but I plan on eventually replacing it when what I want is in stock. I didn’t get magpul because I wanted the quad rail with rail covers look.
It’s not a Daniel Defense or anything but it gets the job done for now until the handguard I want is back in stock