From 43c9d32b22921580292dc38e9def90caddcee52d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Kalinowski <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 13:04:16 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid uninitialized variable when called with :stories
 (#1242)

---
 instaloader/instaloader.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/instaloader/instaloader.py b/instaloader/instaloader.py
index e83a64f..5e4c2d2 100644
--- a/instaloader/instaloader.py
+++ b/instaloader/instaloader.py
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ class Instaloader:
 
         if not userids:
             self.context.log("Retrieving all visible stories...")
+            profile_count = None
         else:
             userids = [p if isinstance(p, int) else p.userid for p in userids]
             profile_count = len(userids)