diff --git a/src/steamos-devkit-service.py b/src/steamos-devkit-service.py
index 34eb32f1e6ea829b3a9e7abc090533b0bd04f42c..222d82bced6e69f2cb142de15d5e79c9e22174f5 100644
--- a/src/steamos-devkit-service.py
+++ b/src/steamos-devkit-service.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ class DevkitService:
                      "/usr/share/steamos-devkit/steamos-devkit.conf",
                      os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', PACKAGE, PACKAGE + '.conf')])
 
+        self.settings = {}
         if 'Settings' in config:
             settings = config["Settings"]
             self.settings = dict(settings)