diff --git a/src/SegmentRouter.php b/src/SegmentRouter.php
index f9e8ec9..69651d8 100644
--- a/src/SegmentRouter.php
+++ b/src/SegmentRouter.php
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ class SegmentRouter implements RouterInterface
 			}
 
 			// if we can't find a node for this segment, return 404
-			return ['code' => 404, 'handler' => null, 'params' => null];
+			return ['code' => 404, 'handler' => null, 'params' => []];
 		}
 
 		// if we found a handler for the method, return it and any params. if not, return a 405
 		return isset($node[$method])
-			? ['code' => 200, 'handler' => $node[$method], 'params' => $params ?? null]
-			: ['code' => 405, 'handler' => null, 'params' => null];
+			? ['code' => 200, 'handler' => $node[$method], 'params' => $params ?? []]
+			: ['code' => 405, 'handler' => null, 'params' => []];
 	}
 
 	/**