diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f98eb81..6c2d1eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespaces = true
 
 # ----------------------------------------- Project Metadata -------------------------------------
 [project]
-version = "0.0.0.dev18"
+version = "0.0.0.dev19"
 name = "ActionMan"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/src/actionman/log.py b/src/actionman/log.py
index 4bae2c1..a5f24b5 100644
--- a/src/actionman/log.py
+++ b/src/actionman/log.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 class Logger:
 
-    def __init__(self, console: Console | dict | None):
+    def __init__(self, console: Console | dict | None = None):
         if not console:
             self.console = Console(
                 color_system="truecolor",