diff --git a/lib/fog/brightbox/requests/compute/create_cloud_ip.rb b/lib/fog/brightbox/requests/compute/create_cloud_ip.rb
index 5d925a641..dce696a96 100644
--- a/lib/fog/brightbox/requests/compute/create_cloud_ip.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/brightbox/requests/compute/create_cloud_ip.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module Fog
     class Brightbox
       class Real
 
-        def create_cloud_ip(options = nil)
-          request("post", "/1.0/cloud_ips", [201],options)
+        def create_cloud_ip(options = {})
+          request("post", "/1.0/cloud_ips", [201], options)
         end
 
       end