diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py b/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
index 10736083..1297193b 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def get_config() -> dict[str, Any]:
         )
 
     conf_option = section.get('option', {})
-    section.clear # clear the dict to reuse it
+    section = {} # clear the dict to reuse it
     section['deribit'] = {}
     section['deribit']['key_id'] = conf_option.get('api_key')
     section['deribit']['key_secret'] = conf_option.get('api_secret')