diff --git a/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py b/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py
index 97f814d..14abf09 100644
--- a/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py
+++ b/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ def provide_tcp_stats(self):
 
         self._reset_io()
 
-        sk_stats_parsed = dict()
+        sk_stats_parsed = dict(TCP=dict(flows=list()))
         try:
             sk_stats_parsed = json.loads(sk_stats_raw)
         except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as err:
             logging.error("Failed parsing sample")
             logging.error("-----")
-            logging.error(sk_stats_parsed)
+            logging.error(sk_stats_raw)
             logging.error("-----")
 
         return sk_stats_parsed