diff --git a/src/DbfDataReader/DbfDbConnection.cs b/src/DbfDataReader/DbfDbConnection.cs
index a02ff5f..9aa1841 100644
--- a/src/DbfDataReader/DbfDbConnection.cs
+++ b/src/DbfDataReader/DbfDbConnection.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ public class DbfDbConnection : DbConnection
         private string _database = string.Empty;
         private ConnectionState _state  = ConnectionState.Closed;
 
+        public DbfDbConnection()
+        {
+            DataSource = string.Empty;
+            ServerVersion = string.Empty;
+        }
+
         public DbfDbConnection(string dataSource, string serverVersion)
         {
             DataSource = dataSource;
diff --git a/test/DbfDataReader.Tests/DbfDbConnectionTests.cs b/test/DbfDataReader.Tests/DbfDbConnectionTests.cs
index cce88dd..16c7485 100644
--- a/test/DbfDataReader.Tests/DbfDbConnectionTests.cs
+++ b/test/DbfDataReader.Tests/DbfDbConnectionTests.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class DbfDbConnectionTests
     [Fact]
     public async Task Should_read_all_rows()
     {
-        var dbConnection = new DbfDbConnection(string.Empty, string.Empty);
+        var dbConnection = new DbfDbConnection();
         dbConnection.ConnectionString = $"Folder={FolderPath};SkipDeletedRecords=false";
         dbConnection.Open();
         
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public async Task Should_read_all_rows()
     [Fact]
     public async Task Should_skip_deleted_rows()
     {
-        var dbConnection = new DbfDbConnection(string.Empty, string.Empty);
+        var dbConnection = new DbfDbConnection();
         dbConnection.ConnectionString = $"Folder={FolderPath};SkipDeletedRecords=true";
         dbConnection.Open();