From e51f0ce89e3a77725b0930e93dedb1d7f540ffd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Lai <70177777+klai95@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:27:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Backend Error Fix (#642)

* fix backend error

* debug using print statement

* delete  print statement
---
 backend/utils/github.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/utils/github.py b/backend/utils/github.py
index 4ce5020db..09754a609 100644
--- a/backend/utils/github.py
+++ b/backend/utils/github.py
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ def get_github_metadata(repo_url: str, branch: str = 'HEAD') -> dict:
         yaml_file = get_file(repo_url, ".napari/config.yml", branch=branch)
     if yaml_file:
         config = yaml.safe_load(yaml_file)
+        # if the yaml.safe_load method returns None, then assign {} to config
+        if config is None:
+            config = {}
         hub_config = {key: config[key] for key in hub_config_keys if key in config}
         github_metadata.update(hub_config)