diff --git a/daemon_get_profile.py b/daemon_get_profile.py
index 665897126..7c47266d9 100644
--- a/daemon_get_profile.py
+++ b/daemon_get_profile.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def show_person_profile(self, authorized: bool,
                         yt_replace_domain: str,
                         twitter_replacement_domain: str,
                         show_published_date_only: bool,
-                        newswire: str,
+                        newswire: {},
                         theme_name: str,
                         dormant_months: int,
                         peertube_instances: [],
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def show_roles(self, calling_domain: str, referer_domain: str,
                project_version: str,
                person_cache: {},
                show_published_date_only: bool,
-               newswire: str,
+               newswire: {},
                theme_name: str,
                dormant_months: int,
                peertube_instances: [],
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def show_skills(self, calling_domain: str, referer_domain: str,
                 translate: {},
                 project_version: str,
                 person_cache: {},
-                newswire: str,
+                newswire: {},
                 theme_name: str,
                 dormant_months: int,
                 text_mode_banner: str,