diff --git a/xolphin/responses/request_validation.py b/xolphin/responses/request_validation.py
index fbb8ae5..0fb3561 100644
--- a/xolphin/responses/request_validation.py
+++ b/xolphin/responses/request_validation.py
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 
 class RequestValidation(object):
     def __init__(self, data):
-        if 'status' in data: self.status = data['status']
-        if 'statusDetail' in data: self.status_detail = data['statusDetail']
-        if 'statusMessage' in data: self.status_message = data['statusMessage']
-
-        if 'domains' in data:
-            self.domains = []
-            for domain in data['domains']:
-                self.domains.append(RequestValidationDomain(domain))
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+        self.status = data.get('status')
+        self.status_detail = data.get('statusDetail')
+        self.status_message = data.get('statusMessage')
+        self.domains = [RequestValidationDomain(domain) for domain in data.get('domains', [])]
diff --git a/xolphin/responses/request_validation_domain.py b/xolphin/responses/request_validation_domain.py
index 91ccb77..7fb72db 100644
--- a/xolphin/responses/request_validation_domain.py
+++ b/xolphin/responses/request_validation_domain.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 class RequestValidationDomain(object):
     def __init__(self, data):
-        if 'domain' in data: self.domain = data['domain']
-        if 'dcvType' in data: self.dcv_type = data['dcvType']
-        if 'dcvEmail' in data: self.dcv_email = data['dcvEmail']
-        if 'status' in data: self.status = data['status']
-        if 'statusDetail' in data: self.status_detail = data['statusDetail']
-        if 'statusMessage' in data: self.status_message = data['statusMessage']
-        if 'md5' in data: self.md5 = data['md5']
-        if 'sha1' in data: self.sha1 = data['sha1']
+        self.domain = data.get('domain')
+        self.dcv_type = data.get('dcvType')
+        self.dcv_email = data.get('dcvEmail')
+        self.status = data.get('status')
+        self.status_detail = data.get('statusDetail')
+        self.status_message = data.get('statusMessage')
+        self.md5 = data.get('md5')
+        self.sha1 = data.get('sha1')