diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ function Client(uri, options) {
     return new Client(uri, options);
   }
 
-  assert.ok(options, 'Invalid options supplied');
-
-  this._options = options;
+  this._options = options || {};
   this._options.baseURI = uri || 'https://api.metadisk.org';
 }
remove assertion for options since they are optional now