diff --git a/src/unisync/config.py b/src/unisync/config.py
index cd11d03..6b21078 100644
--- a/src/unisync/config.py
+++ b/src/unisync/config.py
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ def load_config(config_path:str) -> Config:
             Path(config.get(other_section, "cache_dir_path", fallback=DEFAULT_MISC_CACHE_DIR_PATH)).expanduser()
         )
 
-    args_bool = list()
-    args_val = dict()
+    args_bool = []
+    args_val = {}
     if "Unison" in config.sections():
         for key, val in config.items("Unison"):
             if key in config["DEFAULT"].keys():
                 continue
-            elif val == "" or val == None:
+            if val in ("", None):
                 args_bool.append(key)
             else:
                 args_val[key] = val