diff --git a/GestureRecognition/handrecogniser.py b/GestureRecognition/handrecogniser.py
index 832946f..40d279e 100644
--- a/GestureRecognition/handrecogniser.py
+++ b/GestureRecognition/handrecogniser.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class HandRecogniser:
     """
     Interface for Recognising simple hand gestures from an image (or frame of a video)
     """
-    def load_image(self, image_path):
+    def load_image(self, image_path = ""):
         """
         Loads the given image, can be lazy loading.
         """