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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 8ebbfe78f..3c47eb9dc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
def __init__(self, params=None):
"""Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""
+ if params is None:
+ params = {}
self._ies = []
self._ies_instances = {}
self._pps = []
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
self._num_downloads = 0
self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
self._err_file = sys.stderr
- self.params = {} if params is None else params
+ self.params = params
if params.get('bidi_workaround', False):
try: