diff --git a/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp b/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
index 50c54ab5..80846210 100644
--- a/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
+++ b/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ template <typename LoggerPolicy>
 nlohmann::json
 metadata_<LoggerPolicy>::info_as_json(fsinfo_options const& opts,
                                       filesystem_info const* fsinfo) const {
-  nlohmann::json info;
+  auto info = nlohmann::json::object();
   vfs_stat stbuf;
   statvfs(&stbuf);