diff --git a/src/Mastodon/Decoder.elm b/src/Mastodon/Decoder.elm
index 7eeb467..cfeb401 100644
--- a/src/Mastodon/Decoder.elm
+++ b/src/Mastodon/Decoder.elm
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ hashtagDecoder =
     Pipe.decode Hashtag
         |> Pipe.required "name" Decode.string
         |> Pipe.required "url" Decode.string
-        |> Pipe.required "history" (Decode.list hashtagHistoryDecoder)
+        |> Pipe.optional "history" (Decode.list hashtagHistoryDecoder) []
 
 
 searchResultsDecoder : Decode.Decoder SearchResults