diff --git a/sources/Text/JSON/JSONAPI.uc b/sources/Text/JSON/JSONAPI.uc
index 5b7b39e..2cec812 100644
--- a/sources/Text/JSON/JSONAPI.uc
+++ b/sources/Text/JSON/JSONAPI.uc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ private final function InitFormatting()
  *      an incorrect JSON pointer or `none`, - empty `JSONPointer` will be
  *      returned.
  */
-public final function JSONPointer Pointer(Text pointerAsText)
+public final function JSONPointer Pointer(optional Text pointerAsText)
 {
     return JSONPointer(_.memory.Allocate(class'JSONPointer'))
         .Set(pointerAsText);