From b0f3dce76db908ba8d6bb4f5903ffc84eb9c8c78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: afiqzudinhadi <afiqzudinhadi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:00:20 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: null-guard loadData on fresh install (no data.json
 crashed onload)

---
 packages/obsidian/src/main.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/main.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/main.ts
index 08c1ad8..b80d72d 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/main.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export default class MediaDbPlugin extends Plugin {
 	}
 
 	async loadSettings(): Promise<void> {
-		const diskSettings = (await this.loadData()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+		const diskSettings = ((await this.loadData()) ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
 		const defaultSettings: MediaDbPluginSettings = getDefaultSettings(this);
 		const loadedSettings = Object.assign({}, defaultSettings, diskSettings) as MediaDbPluginSettings;