diff --git a/git-cookie-authdaemon b/git-cookie-authdaemon
index d4fc036..d16651f 100755
--- a/git-cookie-authdaemon
+++ b/git-cookie-authdaemon
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       discard = False,
       comment = None,
       comment_url = None,
-      rest = None))
+      rest = {}))
 
   cj.save()
   if '--debug' in sys.argv:
diff --git a/git-googlesource-login b/git-googlesource-login
index ec90104..f710795 100755
--- a/git-googlesource-login
+++ b/git-googlesource-login
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     discard = False,
     comment = None,
     comment_url = None,
-    rest = None))
+    rest = {}))
   cj.save()
   os.chmod(cj.filename, 0o600)
   if set_config: