From f35e2f1808f784698f80b3181912414820058fba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Irwin <antumdeluge@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:47:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add nil check after reading world data file

Closes: https://github.com/AntumMT/mod-cleaner/issues/3
---
 changelog.txt      | 1 +
 misc_functions.lua | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 14adc71..7b7aedd 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 v1.2.1
 ----
 - use sounds mod for sounds
+- added nil check after reading world data file
 
 
 v1.2
diff --git a/misc_functions.lua b/misc_functions.lua
index 67460b1..27c8654 100644
--- a/misc_functions.lua
+++ b/misc_functions.lua
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ local function get_world_data()
 	local wdata = {}
 	local buffer = io.open(world_file, "r")
 	if buffer then
-		wdata = core.parse_json(buffer:read("*a"))
+		local err
+		wdata, err = core.parse_json(buffer:read("*a"), nil, true)
 		buffer:close()
+		if wdata == nil then
+			cleaner.log("warning", "reading world data file failed: " .. world_file)
+			wdata = {}
+		end
 	end
 
 	local rem_types = {"entities", "nodes", "ores",}