diff --git a/academic/editFM.py b/academic/editFM.py
index e56c8a9..aad37ab 100644
--- a/academic/editFM.py
+++ b/academic/editFM.py
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ def __init__(self, base_path: Path, delim: str = "---"):
         if delim != "---":
             raise NotImplementedError("Currently, YAML is the only supported front-matter format.")
         self.delim = delim
+        self.fm = []
+        self.content = []
+        self.path = ""
 
     def load(self, file: Path):
         self.fm = []
         self.content = []
-
         self.path = self.base_path / file
 
         file = open(self.path, "r").readlines()