diff --git a/rss.go b/rss.go
index 79fac04..82966d1 100644
--- a/rss.go
+++ b/rss.go
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ func NewFeed() *Feed {
 	return &Feed{
 		Version:          "2.0",
 		ContentNamespace: "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/",
+		Channels:         make([]*Channel, 0),
 	}
 }