diff --git a/core/classes/Events/DiscordWebhookBuilder.php b/core/classes/Events/DiscordWebhookBuilder.php
index 52a9b34245..2eacadd83b 100644
--- a/core/classes/Events/DiscordWebhookBuilder.php
+++ b/core/classes/Events/DiscordWebhookBuilder.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class DiscordWebhookBuilder
     private ?string $_avatar_url = null;
     private ?string $_content = null;
     /** @var DiscordEmbed[] */
-    private ?array $_embeds = null;
+    private ?array $_embeds = [];
 
     private function __construct()
     {
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ public function getEmbeds(): ?array
      */
     public function addEmbed(Closure $closure): self
     {
-        if ($this->_embeds === null) {
-            $this->_embeds = [];
-        }
-
         $embed = $closure(new DiscordEmbed());
         if (!($embed instanceof DiscordEmbed)) {
             throw new RuntimeException('Embed closure must return a DiscordEmbed instance');