diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam.py
index 575e667e0f32049f37962542aac4b58af2184aa4..1711a8a89f9db0e73cc4bf2fd38e81a7a95ded01 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Beam(lofar_device):
     # Attributes
     # ----------
 
+    pass
+
     # --------
     # overloaded functions
     # --------