diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ecb5955..f06a025 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ssb-konjunk"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.0.8"
 description = "SSB Konjunk"
 authors = ["Edvard Garmannslund <ged@ssb.no>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/ssb_konjunk/xml_handling.py b/src/ssb_konjunk/xml_handling.py
index a12999b..e9244dc 100644
--- a/src/ssb_konjunk/xml_handling.py
+++ b/src/ssb_konjunk/xml_handling.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def return_txt_xml(root: ET.Element, child: str) -> str | None:
     Returns:
         str: Returns string value from child element.
     """
+    string = None
     for element in root.iter(child):
         string = element.text
     return string