diff --git a/code/datums/cache/cache.dm b/code/datums/cache/cache.dm
index 2502bb871b2..f401e54517a 100644
--- a/code/datums/cache/cache.dm
+++ b/code/datums/cache/cache.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /datum/cache_entry
 	var/timestamp
-	var/data
-	
+	var/list/data = list()
+
 /datum/repository
 	var/cache_data
\ No newline at end of file