diff --git a/darkseid/filenameparser.py b/darkseid/filenameparser.py
index b6935a1..191ae82 100644
--- a/darkseid/filenameparser.py
+++ b/darkseid/filenameparser.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def get_issue_number(self, filename: str) -> Tuple[str, int, int]:
         # the same positions as original filename
 
         # make a list of each word and its position
-        word_list: List[Tuple[str, int, int]] = list()
+        word_list: List[Tuple[str, int, int]] = []
         for match in re.finditer(r"\S+", filename):
             word_list.append((match.group(0), match.start(), match.end()))