X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=youtube_dl%2FYoutubeDL.py;h=3c47eb9dc49d81f3409e93c44d7d6bb160e46ec1;hb=33ec2ae8d9450a59273d2156bd2ef77d2bd93a66;hp=8ebbfe78f2055ba2c4a911464b5c5393872e0862;hpb=a0ddb8a2faaacdcf7b3a089ca9baeee5f310d03c;p=youtube-dl

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: