From 31255bd66b85deb962c9ee6a35586d04581c5086 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:35:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle blank config file

---
 red/storage/localfilesystem.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/red/storage/localfilesystem.js b/red/storage/localfilesystem.js
index 925449699..fce9a9034 100644
--- a/red/storage/localfilesystem.js
+++ b/red/storage/localfilesystem.js
@@ -215,7 +215,11 @@ var localfilesystem = {
     getSettings: function() {
         if (fs.existsSync(globalSettingsFile)) {
             return nodeFn.call(fs.readFile,globalSettingsFile,'utf8').then(function(data) {
-                return JSON.parse(data);
+                if (data) {
+                    return JSON.parse(data);
+                } else {
+                    return {};
+                }
             });
         }
         return when.resolve({});