From 8a055849243ee8f6a6e3bb800b979ff916ebfcd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsha	Phukan <phykanha@egr.msu.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:02:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?bg.message=20does=20not=20require=20symbol=20se?=
 =?UTF-8?q?lection=20anymore=E2=80=94will=20pick=20random=20if=20nothing?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20specified=E2=80=A6?=
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---
 lib/damask/util.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/damask/util.py b/lib/damask/util.py
index b38b4e068..f465a6d5b 100644
--- a/lib/damask/util.py
+++ b/lib/damask/util.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class backgroundMessage(threading.Thread):
             }    
 
   def __init__(self,
-               symbol,
+               symbol = None,
                wait = 0.1):
     threading.Thread.__init__(self)
     self.message = ''