diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index 3018339..b7d92fa 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ CONFIG.setdefault("responder", {})
 CONFIG.setdefault("network", {})
 CONFIG.setdefault("quote_a", {"channel": None})
 CONFIG.setdefault("redis", {"host": "redis", "port": 6379, "decode_responses": True})
+CONFIG.setdefault("starboard", {})
 
 if CONFIG["redis"].pop("db", None) is not None:
     log.warning("`redis.db` cannot be manually specified, each cog that uses redis has its own db value! Value ignored")