diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/dto/MALManga.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/dto/MALManga.kt
index 3538b8231..c9445f4dd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/dto/MALManga.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/dto/MALManga.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ data class MALManga(
     val mediaType: String,
     @SerialName("start_date")
     val startDate: String?,
-    val authors: List<MALAuthorNode>,
+    val authors: List<MALAuthorNode> = emptyList(),
 )
 
 @Serializable