diff --git a/internal/services/api/get_configurations.go b/internal/services/api/get_configurations.go
index dc2aa4f98..3ce597dff 100644
--- a/internal/services/api/get_configurations.go
+++ b/internal/services/api/get_configurations.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func GetConfigurationsHandlerFunc(base util.AbsolutePath, log logging.Logger) ht
 		}
 		entrypoint := req.URL.Query().Get("entrypoint")
 
-		var response []configDTO
+		response := make([]configDTO, 0)
 		if req.URL.Query().Get("recursive") == "true" {
 			// Recursively search for .posit directories
 			walker, err := matcher.NewMatchingWalker([]string{"*"}, projectDir, log)
diff --git a/internal/services/api/get_deployments.go b/internal/services/api/get_deployments.go
index 4d94625e0..57d784f29 100644
--- a/internal/services/api/get_deployments.go
+++ b/internal/services/api/get_deployments.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func GetDeploymentsHandlerFunc(base util.AbsolutePath, log logging.Logger) http.
 			// Response already returned by ProjectDirFromRequest
 			return
 		}
-		var response []any
+		response := make([]any, 0)
 		entrypoint := req.URL.Query().Get("entrypoint")
 
 		if req.URL.Query().Get("recursive") == "true" {