diff --git a/wsgi_static_middleware.py b/wsgi_static_middleware.py
index e22d227..bfbcfb7 100644
--- a/wsgi_static_middleware.py
+++ b/wsgi_static_middleware.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _get_body(filename, method, block_size, charset):
 
 # View functions
 def static_file_view(env, start_response, filename, block_size, charset):
-    headers = Headers()
+    headers = Headers([])
 
     mimetype, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(filename)
     headers.add_header('Content-Encodings', encoding)