diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/flipagram.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/flipagram.py
index acb6133ff9..1902a23938 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/flipagram.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/flipagram.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class FlipagramIE(InfoExtractor):
         flipagram = video_data['flipagram']
         video = flipagram['video']
 
-        json_ld = self._search_json_ld(webpage, video_id, default=False)
+        json_ld = self._search_json_ld(webpage, video_id, default={})
         title = json_ld.get('title') or flipagram['captionText']
         description = json_ld.get('description') or flipagram.get('captionText')