diff --git a/instagrapi/mixins/auth.py b/instagrapi/mixins/auth.py
index a416ae0c..cbe7c1a8 100644
--- a/instagrapi/mixins/auth.py
+++ b/instagrapi/mixins/auth.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def init(self) -> bool:
         # c7aeefd59aab78fc0a703ea060ffb631e005e2b3948efb9d73ee6a346c446bf3
         self.bloks_versioning_id = "ce555e5500576acd8e84a66018f54a05720f2dce29f0bb5a1f97f0c10d6fac48"  # this param is constant and will change by Instagram app version
         self.set_user_agent(self.settings.get("user_agent"))
-        self.set_uuids(self.settings.get("uuids", {}))
+        self.set_uuids(self.settings.get("uuids") or {})
         self.set_locale(self.settings.get("locale", self.locale))
         self.set_country(self.settings.get("country", self.country))
         self.set_country_code(self.settings.get("country_code", self.country_code))