diff --git a/databuilder/databuilder/extractor/dashboard/apache_superset/apache_superset_chart_extractor.py b/databuilder/databuilder/extractor/dashboard/apache_superset/apache_superset_chart_extractor.py
index decdbf3239..9bbaa5f756 100644
--- a/databuilder/databuilder/extractor/dashboard/apache_superset/apache_superset_chart_extractor.py
+++ b/databuilder/databuilder/extractor/dashboard/apache_superset/apache_superset_chart_extractor.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _get_dashboard_details(self, dashboard_id: str) -> Tuple[str, Dict[str, Any]
 
         _data = self.execute_query(url)
 
-        dashboard_data = _data.get('dashboards', [])[0].get('__Dashboard__', dict())
+        dashboard_data = _data.get('dashboards', [dict()])[0].get('__Dashboard__', dict())
 
         data = dashboard_id, dashboard_data
 
diff --git a/databuilder/setup.py b/databuilder/setup.py
index c5418321dc..c7e811c95d 100644
--- a/databuilder/setup.py
+++ b/databuilder/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-__version__ = '6.1.0'
+__version__ = '6.1.1'
 
 requirements_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'requirements.txt')
 with open(requirements_path) as requirements_file: