diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 10d7911..658f2a2 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dofile(modpath .. "/api.lua")
 local depends = (function()
 	local file = io.open(modpath .. "/depends.txt")
 	if not file then
-		return
+		return {}
 	end
 
 	local depends = {}