1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/cmdclient/console.py b/contrib/cmdclient/console.py
index 67e032244e..856dd437db 100755
--- a/contrib/cmdclient/console.py
+++ b/contrib/cmdclient/console.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 import urllib
 from http import TwistedHttpClient
+from typing import Optional
 
 import nacl.encoding
 import nacl.signing
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
         method,
         path,
         data=None,
-        query_params={"access_token": None},
+        query_params: Optional[dict] = None,
         alt_text=None,
     ):
         """Runs an HTTP request and pretty prints the output.
@@ -729,6 +730,8 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
             data: Raw JSON data if any
             query_params: dict of query parameters to add to the url
         """
+        query_params = query_params or {"access_token": None}
+
         url = self._url() + path
         if "access_token" in query_params:
             query_params["access_token"] = self._tok()