diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
index 1c2f36233..fd09d7820 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
@@ -2125,13 +2125,18 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
 
         private Dictionary<string, string> ParseCustomHeaders(Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders, Dictionary<string, object> variables)
         {
+            var headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
             if (customHeaders == null)
-                return null;
+            {
+                return headers;
+            }
 
             // FIXME: fix jackett header handling (allow it to specifiy the same header multipe times)
-            var headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
             foreach (var header in customHeaders)
+            {
                 headers.Add(header.Key, applyGoTemplateText(header.Value[0], variables));
+            }
 
             return headers;
         }