diff --git a/CloudFlare/__init__.py b/CloudFlare/__init__.py
index 43519b5..86be80e 100644
--- a/CloudFlare/__init__.py
+++ b/CloudFlare/__init__.py
@@ -195,5 +195,6 @@ def __init__(self, email=None, token=None, certtoken=None, debug=False):
 
 	# add the API calls
 	api_v4(self)
-	api_extras(self, extras)
+	if extras:
+		api_extras(self, extras)
 
diff --git a/CloudFlare/read_configs.py b/CloudFlare/read_configs.py
index 9fde05b..28e8299 100644
--- a/CloudFlare/read_configs.py
+++ b/CloudFlare/read_configs.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ def read_configs():
 	except:
 		extras = None
 
-	extras = extras.split(' ')
+	if extras:
+		extras = extras.split(' ')
 
 	return [ email, token, certtoken, extras ]