From c8f6100a6a7ae98e8fcbe24b3c61741a3e7ce2f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 00:04:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Assume -d params are strings if they don't otherwise parse

---
 packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
index 48ed769fa..db79294a4 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@ if (parsedArgs.define) {
             var match = /^(([^=]+)=(.+)|@(.*))$/.exec(def);
             if (match) {
                 if (!match[4]) {
-                    var val = JSON.parse(match[3]);
+                    var val = match[3];
+                    try {
+                        val = JSON.parse(match[3]);
+                    } catch(err) {
+                        // Leave it as a string
+                    }
                     RED.util.setObjectProperty(settings, match[2], val, true);
                 } else {
                     var obj = fs.readJsonSync(match[4]);