Merge pull request #313 from mayflower/develop

Proposing #310 again in fixed version

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0323/timerreset.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0323/timerreset.py
index 578f1efe..398b47c1 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0323/timerreset.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0323/timerreset.py
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ class _TimerReset(Thread):
     t.cancel() # stop the timer's action if it's still waiting
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, interval, function, args=[], kwargs={}):
+    def __init__(self, interval, function, args=None, kwargs=None):
+        if not kwargs:
+            kwargs = {}
+        if not args:
+            args = []
+
         Thread.__init__(self)
         self.interval = interval
         self.function = function