diff --git a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/DynamicConfig.kt b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/DynamicConfig.kt
index 280b9f7..c864459 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/DynamicConfig.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/DynamicConfig.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DynamicConfig(
         apiDynamicConfig.value,
         apiDynamicConfig.ruleID,
         apiDynamicConfig.groupName,
-        apiDynamicConfig.secondaryExposures,
+        apiDynamicConfig.secondaryExposures ?: arrayOf(),
         apiDynamicConfig.isUserInExperiment,
         apiDynamicConfig.isExperimentActive,
         apiDynamicConfig.isDeviceBased,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/FeatureGate.kt b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/FeatureGate.kt
index c74ef1f..4d67603 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/FeatureGate.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/FeatureGate.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class FeatureGate(
         apiFeatureGate.value,
         apiFeatureGate.ruleID,
         apiFeatureGate.groupName,
-        apiFeatureGate.secondaryExposures,
+        apiFeatureGate.secondaryExposures ?: arrayOf(),
         apiFeatureGate.idType,
     )
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/InitializeResponse.kt b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/InitializeResponse.kt
index b4c4018..aa2c4da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/InitializeResponse.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/InitializeResponse.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ internal data class APIFeatureGate(
     @SerializedName("value") val value: Boolean = false,
     @SerializedName("rule_id") val ruleID: String = "",
     @SerializedName("group_name") val groupName: String? = null,
-    @SerializedName("secondary_exposures") val secondaryExposures: Array<Map<String, String>> = arrayOf(),
+    @SerializedName("secondary_exposures") val secondaryExposures: Array<Map<String, String>>? = arrayOf(),
     @SerializedName("id_type") val idType: String? = null,
 )
 
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ internal data class APIDynamicConfig(
     @SerializedName("value") val value: Map<String, Any>,
     @SerializedName("rule_id") val ruleID: String = "",
     @SerializedName("group_name") val groupName: String? = null,
-    @SerializedName("secondary_exposures") val secondaryExposures: Array<Map<String, String>> = arrayOf(),
-    @SerializedName("undelegated_secondary_exposures") val undelegatedSecondaryExposures: Array<Map<String, String>> = arrayOf(),
+    @SerializedName("secondary_exposures") val secondaryExposures: Array<Map<String, String>>? = arrayOf(),
+    @SerializedName("undelegated_secondary_exposures") val undelegatedSecondaryExposures: Array<Map<String, String>>? = arrayOf(),
     @SerializedName("is_device_based") val isDeviceBased: Boolean = false,
     @SerializedName("is_user_in_experiment") val isUserInExperiment: Boolean = false,
     @SerializedName("is_experiment_active") val isExperimentActive: Boolean = false,
     @SerializedName("allocated_experiment_name") val allocatedExperimentName: String? = null,
-    @SerializedName("explicit_parameters") val explicitParameters: Array<String> = arrayOf(),
+    @SerializedName("explicit_parameters") val explicitParameters: Array<String>? = arrayOf(),
 )
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/Layer.kt b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/Layer.kt
index fe15447..afe738f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/Layer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/Layer.kt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class Layer internal constructor(
         apiDynamicConfig.value,
         apiDynamicConfig.ruleID,
         apiDynamicConfig.groupName,
-        apiDynamicConfig.secondaryExposures,
-        apiDynamicConfig.undelegatedSecondaryExposures,
+        apiDynamicConfig.secondaryExposures ?: arrayOf(),
+        apiDynamicConfig.undelegatedSecondaryExposures ?: arrayOf(),
         apiDynamicConfig.isUserInExperiment,
         apiDynamicConfig.isExperimentActive,
         apiDynamicConfig.isDeviceBased,
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/SerializationTest.kt b/src/test/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/SerializationTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54b58df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/statsig/androidsdk/SerializationTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.statsig.androidsdk
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/*
+* Gson serialization and deserialization does not use default value
+* set in data class when a field is missing
+* */
+class SerializationTest {
+    val gson = Gson()
+
+    @Test
+    fun testSerializeResponseWithIncomplete() {
+        val initializeResponseSkipFields = "{\"feature_gates\":{\"245595137\":{\"name\":\"245595137\",\"value\":true,\"rule_id\":\"1uj9J1jxY2jnBAChgGB1jR:0.00:35\",\"id_type\":\"userID\"}},\"dynamic_configs\":{\"2887220988\":{\"name\":\"2887220988\",\"value\":{\"num\": 13},\"rule_id\":\"prestart\",\"group\":\"prestart\",\"is_device_based\":false,\"id_type\":\"userID\",\"is_experiment_active\":true,\"is_user_in_experiment\":true}},\"layer_configs\":{},\"sdkParams\":{},\"has_updates\":true,\"time\":1717536742309,\"company_lcut\":1717536742309,\"hash_used\":\"djb2\"}"
+        val parsedResponse = gson.fromJson(initializeResponseSkipFields, InitializeResponse.SuccessfulInitializeResponse::class.java)
+        val gate = FeatureGate("some_gate", parsedResponse.featureGates!!.get("245595137")!!, EvaluationDetails(EvaluationReason.Error))
+        val config = DynamicConfig("some_config", parsedResponse.configs!!.get("2887220988")!!, EvaluationDetails(EvaluationReason.Error))
+        assert(gate.getValue())
+        assert(gate.getSecondaryExposures().isEmpty())
+        assert(config.getInt("num", 0) == 13)
+        assert(config.getSecondaryExposures().isEmpty())
+    }
+}