From a615c5851d231869d67995e163a04765380d490b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Wyatt J. Miller" <wyatt@wyattjmiller.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:44:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] modified ConfigPlugin touse null prop

---
 ConfigPlugin/Config.cs       |  7 +------
 ConfigPlugin/ConfigPlugin.cs | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ConfigPlugin/Config.cs b/ConfigPlugin/Config.cs
index 88e2068..fc53f43 100644
--- a/ConfigPlugin/Config.cs
+++ b/ConfigPlugin/Config.cs
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ public class Config
 
     public static Config? Read()
     {
-        if (!File.Exists(ConfigPlugin.ConfigPath))
-        {
-            return new Config();
-        }
-        
-        return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Config>(File.ReadAllText(ConfigPlugin.ConfigPath));
+        return !File.Exists(ConfigPlugin.ConfigPath) ? new Config() : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Config>(File.ReadAllText(ConfigPlugin.ConfigPath));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ConfigPlugin/ConfigPlugin.cs b/ConfigPlugin/ConfigPlugin.cs
index a0fa26f..e783c44 100644
--- a/ConfigPlugin/ConfigPlugin.cs
+++ b/ConfigPlugin/ConfigPlugin.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace ConfigPlugin
         public override Version Version => new Version(1, 0, 0, 0);
         
         // instantiate our config class
-        public static string ConfigPath = Path.Combine(TShock.SavePath, "Config.json");
-        private readonly Config _config = new Config();
+        public static readonly string ConfigPath = Path.Combine(TShock.SavePath, "Config.json");
+        private Config? _config = new Config();
 
         public override void Initialize()
         {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace ConfigPlugin
         {
             TSPlayer player = TShock.Players[args.Who];
             player.SendInfoMessage($"{player} has arrived!");
-            if (player.Name == _config.Player)
+            if (player.Name == _config?.Player)
             {
                 player.SendInfoMessage(_config.CustomMessage);
             }
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ namespace ConfigPlugin
         {
             if (File.Exists(ConfigPath))
             {
-                Config.Read();
+                _config = Config.Read();
             }
             else
             {
-                _config.Write();
+                _config?.Write();
             }
         }