From 9444c7c8d4108fa9beddf105a068f4a9920c049a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaf Wintermann <olaf.wintermann@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:02:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow an empty config file

---
 application/settings.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/application/settings.c b/application/settings.c
index 8faf849..e66a959 100644
--- a/application/settings.c
+++ b/application/settings.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ int load_config(void) {
         CxJsonValue *value = NULL;
         char buf[JS_READ_BUFSIZE];
         size_t r;
+        ret = CX_JSON_NULL_DATA;
         
         do {
             r = fread(buf, 1, JS_READ_BUFSIZE, cfgfile);
@@ -136,11 +137,7 @@ int load_config(void) {
         
         if(ret > CX_JSON_NULL_DATA) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: cannot parse config file: %s\n", cfgfile_path);
-        }
-        
-        cxJsonDestroy(&parser);
-        
-        if(value) {
+        } else if(value) {
             if(value->type == CX_JSON_OBJECT) {
                 ret = 0;
                 uwp_config = value;
@@ -148,10 +145,9 @@ int load_config(void) {
             } else {
                 ret = 1;
             }
-        } else {
-            ret = 1;
         }
         
+        cxJsonDestroy(&parser); 
         
         free(cfgfile_path);
         fclose(cfgfile);
-- 
2.47.3