diff --git a/google_play_scraper/constants/request.py b/google_play_scraper/constants/request.py
index 969e7b0..c8ea124 100644
--- a/google_play_scraper/constants/request.py
+++ b/google_play_scraper/constants/request.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ def fallback_build(self, query: str, lang: str) -> str:
         def build_body(self, *args):
             return None
 
-
     Detail = _Detail()
     Reviews = _Reviews()
     Permissions = _Permissions()
diff --git a/google_play_scraper/features/reviews.py b/google_play_scraper/features/reviews.py
index 178b230..0ee4656 100644
--- a/google_play_scraper/features/reviews.py
+++ b/google_play_scraper/features/reviews.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _fetch_review_items(
     else:
         token = json.loads(match[0][2])[-1][-1]
 
-    return json.loads(match[0][2])[0], token
+    return json.loads(match[0][2])[0] or [], token
 
 
 def reviews(