From 68fb18310d24ccb3c6560a6d55917f0f20b45886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: A_D <A-UNDERSCORE-D@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:55:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Dont crash when journal_dir is None

Ensures that journal_dir is always at least an empty string.

Fixes #639
---
 monitor.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/monitor.py b/monitor.py
index eb63e83c..ac7e8d10 100644
--- a/monitor.py
+++ b/monitor.py
@@ -118,9 +118,14 @@ class EDLogs(FileSystemEventHandler):
 
     def start(self, root):
         self.root = root
-        logdir = expanduser(config.get('journaldir') or config.default_journal_dir)  # type: ignore # config is weird
+        journal_dir = config.get('journaldir') or config.default_journal_dir
 
-        if not logdir or not isdir(logdir):  # type: ignore # config does weird things in its get
+        if journal_dir is None:
+            journal_dir = ''
+
+        logdir = expanduser(journal_dir)  # type: ignore # config is weird
+
+        if not logdir or not isdir(logdir):
             self.stop()
             return False