diff --git a/settings/base.py b/settings/base.py
index 24567b7..a7f836c 100644
--- a/settings/base.py
+++ b/settings/base.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def _read_as_ini(self, file: IO) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
         config.read_file(f=file)
 
-        converted_config = {}
+        converted_config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         for section in config.sections():
             converted_config[section] = {}
             for key, value in config.items(section=section):