diff --git a/backend/scripts/api_inference_sample.py b/backend/scripts/api_inference_sample.py
index b9325194b..9a93fdb73 100644
--- a/backend/scripts/api_inference_sample.py
+++ b/backend/scripts/api_inference_sample.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def process_question(danswer_url: str, question: str, api_key: str | None) -> No
         "message": question,
         "chat_session_id": chat_session_id,
         "parent_message_id": None,
+        "file_descriptors": [],
         # Default Question Answer prompt
         "prompt_id": 0,
         # Not specifying any specific docs to chat to, we want to run a search