diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 25ae499..75cb547 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 authors = ["Lorenzo Fontoura <lorenzo@nioel.com>", "valentinegb"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "An unofficial Rust library for the OpenAI API."
diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index 5d423d2..aeba4ca 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ pub type ChatCompletionDelta = ChatCompletionGeneric<ChatCompletionChoiceDelta>;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct ChatCompletionGeneric<C> {
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub id: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub object: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub created: u64,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub model: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_empty_vec")]
     pub choices: Vec<C>,
     pub usage: Option<Usage>,
 }
@@ -603,6 +608,10 @@ impl Default for ChatCompletionMessageRole {
     }
 }
 
+fn default_empty_vec<C>() -> Vec<C> {
+    Vec::new()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;