From ad5584c0d1883c8ecf6fe59478728c4a854f05a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Wrede <fredrik@scaleoutsystems.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 14:14:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 fedn/network/clients/client.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fedn/network/clients/client.py b/fedn/network/clients/client.py
index 6ea154605..8508291ff 100644
--- a/fedn/network/clients/client.py
+++ b/fedn/network/clients/client.py
@@ -248,7 +248,11 @@ def _initialize_helper(self, combiner_config):
         :return:
         """
         if "helper_type" in combiner_config.keys():
-            self.helper = get_helper(combiner_config["helper_type"])
+            if not combiner_config["helper_type"]:
+                # Default to numpyhelper
+                self.helper = get_helper("numpyhelper")
+            else:
+                self.helper = get_helper(combiner_config["helper_type"])
 
     def _subscribe_to_combiner(self, config):
         """Listen to combiner message stream and start all processing threads.