diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py b/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py
index 1ca6026..44b9fbe 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TinyDBCatalogueProvider(BaseProvider):
             '_metadata-anytext',
         ]
 
-        BaseProvider.__init__(self, provider_def)
+        super().__init__(provider_def)
 
         LOGGER.debug('Connecting to TinyDB db at {}'.format(self.data))