diff --git a/ios/RCTTWVideoModule.m b/ios/RCTTWVideoModule.m
index 2311f6c5..fd561ca5 100644
--- a/ios/RCTTWVideoModule.m
+++ b/ios/RCTTWVideoModule.m
@@ -421,7 +421,14 @@ -(NSMutableDictionary*)convertLocalVideoTrackStats:(TVILocalVideoTrackStats *)st
   }
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(connect:(NSString *)accessToken roomName:(NSString *)roomName enableAudio:(BOOL *)enableAudio enableVideo:(BOOL *)enableVideo encodingParameters:(NSDictionary *)encodingParameters enableNetworkQualityReporting:(BOOL *)enableNetworkQualityReporting dominantSpeakerEnabled:(BOOL *)dominantSpeakerEnabled cameraType:(NSString *)cameraType) {
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(connect:(NSString *)accessToken
+                  roomName:(NSString *)roomName
+               enableAudio:(BOOL)enableAudio
+               enableVideo:(BOOL)enableVideo
+         encodingParameters:(NSDictionary *)encodingParameters
+enableNetworkQualityReporting:(BOOL)enableNetworkQualityReporting
+     dominantSpeakerEnabled:(BOOL)dominantSpeakerEnabled
+                cameraType:(NSString *)cameraType) {
   [self _setLocalVideoEnabled:enableVideo cameraType:cameraType];
   if (self.localAudioTrack) {
     [self.localAudioTrack setEnabled:enableAudio];
diff --git a/src/TwilioVideo.ios.js b/src/TwilioVideo.ios.js
index 99e5c132..387e7681 100644
--- a/src/TwilioVideo.ios.js
+++ b/src/TwilioVideo.ios.js
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export default class TwilioVideo extends Component {
     cameraType = "front",
     enableAudio = true,
     enableVideo = true,
-    encodingParameters = null,
+    encodingParameters = {},
     enableNetworkQualityReporting = false,
     dominantSpeakerEnabled = false,
   }) {