diff --git a/basiccache.gemspec b/basiccache.gemspec
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/basiccache.gemspec
+++ b/basiccache.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'basiccache'
-  s.version     = '0.2.1'
+  s.version     = '0.2.2'
   s.date        = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
   s.summary     = 'Provides a minimal key/value caching layer'
   s.description = "Allows an application to dynamically cache values and retrieve them later"
diff --git a/lib/basiccache/stores/nullstore.rb b/lib/basiccache/stores/nullstore.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/basiccache/stores/nullstore.rb
+++ b/lib/basiccache/stores/nullstore.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module BasicCache
     ##
     # Generate an empty store
 
-    def initialize
+    def initialize(_ = {})
       @raw = nil
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/basiccache/stores/store.rb b/lib/basiccache/stores/store.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/basiccache/stores/store.rb
+++ b/lib/basiccache/stores/store.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module BasicCache
     ##
     # Generate an empty store
 
-    def initialize
+    def initialize(_ = {})
       @raw = {}
     end
standardize that stores accept a hash