diff --git a/BurnOutSharp/Matching/ContentMatchSet.cs b/BurnOutSharp/Matching/ContentMatchSet.cs
index de756202..2735e56b 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp/Matching/ContentMatchSet.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp/Matching/ContentMatchSet.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Matching
         {
             // If no content matches are defined, we fail out
             if (Matchers == null || !Matchers.Any())
-                return (false, null);
+                return (false, new List<int>());
 
             // Initialize the position list
             List<int> positions = new List<int>();
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Matching
             {
                 (bool match, int position) = contentMatch.Match(fileContent);
                 if (!match)
-                    return (false, null);
+                    return (false, new List<int>());
                 else
                     positions.Add(position);
             }
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp/Matching/MatchUtil.cs b/BurnOutSharp/Matching/MatchUtil.cs
index 6936c4aa..3fec7fdd 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp/Matching/MatchUtil.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp/Matching/MatchUtil.cs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Matching
         {
             // If there's no mappings, we can't match
             if (matchers == null || !matchers.Any())
-                return null;
+                return new List<string>();
 
             // Initialize the list of matched protections
             List<string> matchedProtections = new List<string>();
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp/Matching/PathMatchSet.cs b/BurnOutSharp/Matching/PathMatchSet.cs
index 57c8ae14..f89594ae 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp/Matching/PathMatchSet.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp/Matching/PathMatchSet.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Matching
         {
             // If no path matches are defined, we fail out
             if (Matchers == null || !Matchers.Any())
-                return (false, null);
+                return (false, new List<string>());
 
             // Initialize the value list
             List<string> values = new List<string>();
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Matching
             {
                 (bool match, string value) = pathMatch.Match(stack);
                 if (!match)
-                    return (false, null);
+                    return (false, new List<string>());
                 else
                     values.Add(value);
             }