From 50fd36efa59d2c58579f86fbab455f8e8c5b3959 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Teakettle <59849408+timothyteakettle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:04:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] oops! all runtime!

---
 code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
index 4d2af47d90..049a374d8e 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
@@ -736,9 +736,15 @@ SAVEFILE UPDATING/VERSIONING - 'Simplified', or rather, more coder-friendly ~Car
 			belly_prefs = json_from_file["belly_prefs"]
 
 	//gear loadout
-	loadout_data = safe_json_decode(S["loadout"])
+	if(S["loadout"])
+		loadout_data = safe_json_decode(S["loadout"])
+	else
+		loadout_data = list()
 
-	unlockable_loadout_data = safe_json_decode(S["unlockable_loadout"])
+	if(S["unlockable_loadout"])
+		unlockable_loadout_data = safe_json_decode(S["unlockable_loadout"])
+	else
+		unlockable_loadout_data = list()
 
 	//try to fix any outdated data if necessary
 	//preference updating will handle saving the updated data for us.