diff --git a/corrlib/initialization.py b/corrlib/initialization.py
index 76b062f..e3a078e 100644
--- a/corrlib/initialization.py
+++ b/corrlib/initialization.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 import sqlite3
-import datalad.api as dl
 import os
 from .tracker import save, init
 
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ def create(path: str) -> None:
     Create folder of backlogs.
 
     """
-    create(path)
+    init(path)
     _create_db(os.path.join(path, 'backlogger.db'))
     os.chmod(os.path.join(path, 'backlogger.db'), 0o666)  # why does this not work?
     _create_config(path)
diff --git a/corrlib/tracker.py b/corrlib/tracker.py
index f513b56..e6e9c04 100644
--- a/corrlib/tracker.py
+++ b/corrlib/tracker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from .trackers import datalad as dl
+from typing import Optional
 
 
 def get_tracker(path: str) -> str:
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ def get(path: str, file: str) -> None:
     return
 
 
-def save(path: str, message: str, files: list[str]) -> None:
+def save(path: str, message: str, files: Optional[list[str]]=None) -> None:
     tracker = get_tracker(path)
     if tracker == 'datalad':
         dl.save(path, message, files)