diff --git a/scrapfly/extraction_config.py b/scrapfly/extraction_config.py
index 5aeb922..4c270de 100644
--- a/scrapfly/extraction_config.py
+++ b/scrapfly/extraction_config.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def __init__(
         ephemeral_template: Optional[Dict] = None     
     ):
         if template:
-            print("WARNGING")
             warnings.warn(
                 "Deprecation warning: 'template' is deprecated. Use 'extraction_template' instead."
             )
diff --git a/scrapfly/scrapy/request.py b/scrapfly/scrapy/request.py
index 92b075d..8d2d2d5 100644
--- a/scrapfly/scrapy/request.py
+++ b/scrapfly/scrapy/request.py
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ class ScrapflyScrapyRequest(Request):
     # headers:Dict inherited
     # encoding:Dict inherited
 
-    def __init__(self, scrape_config: ScrapeConfig, meta: Dict = {}, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, scrape_config: ScrapeConfig, meta: Optional[Dict] = None, *args, **kwargs): 
         self.scrape_config = scrape_config
 
+        if meta is None:
+            meta = {}
+
         meta['scrapfly_scrape_config'] = self.scrape_config
 
         super().__init__(