diff --git a/config/string_list.go b/config/string_list.go
index 5ed9336abd..a175b821d6 100644
--- a/config/string_list.go
+++ b/config/string_list.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const stringListDelim = `B780FFEC-B661-4EB8-9236-A01737AD98B6`
 func (sl StringList) Compact() StringList {
 	parts := sl.Slice()
 
-	var newlist []string
+  newlist := []string{}
 	// drop the empty strings
 	for i := range parts {
 		if parts[i] != "" {