diff --git a/tablib/core.py b/tablib/core.py
index bd2d4ba..e732db9 100644
--- a/tablib/core.py
+++ b/tablib/core.py
@@ -615,11 +615,16 @@ class Databook(object):
 	"""A book of :class:`Dataset` objects.
 	"""
 
-	def __init__(self, sets=[]):
+	def __init__(self, sets=None):
+
+		if sets is None:
+			self._datasets = list()
+		else:
+			self._datasets = sets
+
 		self._datasets = sets
 		self._register_formats()
 
-
 	def __repr__(self):
 		try:
 			return '<%s databook>' % (self.title.lower())