diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21299f3..11a3477 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .idea
 .php_cs
 .php_cs.cache
+.phpunit.cache
 .phpunit.result.cache
 build
 composer.lock
diff --git a/src/Http/Requests/LoginLinkRequest.php b/src/Http/Requests/LoginLinkRequest.php
index 29cd9f2..309152e 100644
--- a/src/Http/Requests/LoginLinkRequest.php
+++ b/src/Http/Requests/LoginLinkRequest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ public function rules(): array
 
     public function userAttributes(): array
     {
-        return json_decode($this->user_attributes, true) ?? [];
+        if ($this->user_attributes !== null) {
+            return json_decode($this->user_attributes, true);
+        }
+
+        return [];
     }
 }