diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index 94f8bdc30ff2c2c5c036941ee7f674fb18b14e46..1fa42f3a3d6a710e0cf34463c60aa2efe8186f2b 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def query(operation, *params, delim="sep"):
 	operation, params = fix_query(operation, params)
 	cur = get_dbcursor()
 	cur.execute(operation, params)
+	rows = []
 	try:
 		rows = cur.fetchall()
 	except mysql.connector.errors.InterfaceError as ie: