diff --git a/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go b/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go
index da58705..61c0f16 100644
--- a/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go
+++ b/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -764,7 +765,7 @@ func main() {
 				// create a request to invoke an RPC
 				tmpl := grpcurl.MakeTemplate(dsc)
 				options := grpcurl.FormatOptions{EmitJSONDefaultFields: true}
-				_, formatter, err := grpcurl.RequestParserAndFormatter(grpcurl.Format(*format), descSource, nil, options)
+				_, formatter, err := grpcurl.RequestParserAndFormatter(grpcurl.Format(*format), descSource, bytes.NewReader(nil), options)
 				if err != nil {
 					fail(err, "Failed to construct formatter for %q", *format)
 				}
diff --git a/format_test.go b/format_test.go
index 96f64ef..6648448 100644
--- a/format_test.go
+++ b/format_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				verbose := verbosityLevel > 0
 
-				_, formatter, err := RequestParserAndFormatter(format, source, nil, FormatOptions{IncludeTextSeparator: !verbose})
+				_, formatter, err := RequestParserAndFormatter(format, source, bytes.NewReader(nil), FormatOptions{IncludeTextSeparator: !verbose})
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Errorf("Failed to create parser and formatter: %v", err)
 					continue