diff --git a/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py b/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py
index bc917231bbd7aa80fbed0085393bcd46c53fa5c2..c8bcc315b93ddf681f8cd30a0d77d2b6fcb808d0 100644
--- a/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py
+++ b/arkindex_worker/worker/base.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class BaseWorker(object):
         )
 
         # Retrieve initial configuration from API
-        self.config = worker_version["configuration"].get("configuration")
+        self.config = worker_version["configuration"].get("configuration", {})
         if "user_configuration" in worker_version["configuration"]:
             # Add default values (if set) to user_configuration
             for key, value in worker_version["configuration"][