diff --git a/app/doorboy-proxy.py b/app/doorboy-proxy.py
index bc04578..2a80612 100755
--- a/app/doorboy-proxy.py
+++ b/app/doorboy-proxy.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def authenticate_door(wrapped):
 @app.route("/allowed")
 @authenticate_door
 async def view_doorboy_uids(request):
-    users = List[str]
+    users: List[str] = []
 
     # authorize
     key = request.headers.get("KEY")
diff --git a/app/kube.py b/app/kube.py
index 5ad9290..e5fa0f8 100644
--- a/app/kube.py
+++ b/app/kube.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def users_with_group(group: str) -> List[str]:
     config.load_incluster_config()
     api_instance = client.CustomObjectsApi()
 
-    users = List[str]
+    users: List[str] = []
 
     ret = api_instance.list_namespaced_custom_object(
         "codemowers.cloud", "v1beta1", OIDC_USERS_NAMESPACE, "oidcusers"