diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index be4457b628e2d13bc2066a891e7bc69934454717..a860cd3c6b09eba6bc2dd9613e84b055b5f7e577 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ class Site(object):
             The raw response from the API call, as a dictionary.
         """
         kwargs.update(args)
+
+        if 'continue' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['continue'] = ''
         if action == 'query':
             if 'meta' in kwargs:
                 kwargs['meta'] += '|userinfo'