From d811cfdbb7177c6d6ed8a147a6440dc94ec4e317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hunter McGushion <hunter@mcgushion.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:50:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make `forge_experiment`'s `model_init_params` optional

---
 hyperparameter_hunter/optimization/protocol_core.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hyperparameter_hunter/optimization/protocol_core.py b/hyperparameter_hunter/optimization/protocol_core.py
index 61ad1935..ec5ffd11 100644
--- a/hyperparameter_hunter/optimization/protocol_core.py
+++ b/hyperparameter_hunter/optimization/protocol_core.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def __init__(
     def forge_experiment(
         self,
         model_initializer,
-        model_init_params,
+        model_init_params=None,
         model_extra_params=None,
         feature_engineer=None,
         feature_selector=None,
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ def forge_experiment(
         differences between calling :meth:`forge_experiment` and instantiating
         :class:`~hyperparameter_hunter.experiments.CVExperiment`"""
         self.model_initializer = model_initializer
-
         self.model_init_params = identify_algorithm_hyperparameters(self.model_initializer)
+        model_init_params = model_init_params if model_init_params is not None else {}
         try:
             self.model_init_params.update(model_init_params)
         except TypeError: