diff --git a/engine/graph/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/graph/dao/JavaClassDao.java b/engine/graph/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/graph/dao/JavaClassDao.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/engine/graph/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/graph/dao/JavaClassDao.java
+++ b/engine/graph/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/graph/dao/JavaClassDao.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class JavaClassDao extends BaseDao<JavaClass> {
 		JavaClass clz = getByUniqueProperty("qualifiedName", qualifiedName);
 
 		if (clz == null) {
-			clz = (JavaClass) this.create(null);
+			clz = (JavaClass) this.create();
 			clz.setQualifiedName(qualifiedName);
 		}
Removed null and use the no-args method