From c99462789138159261c4d8a09cb8bb90d119aace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sr55 <sr55.hb@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:56:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] WinGui: Fix a crash for new installs or users upgrading from
 older versions. Fixes #1916

---
 win/CS/HandBrakeWPF/Services/UserSettingService.cs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/win/CS/HandBrakeWPF/Services/UserSettingService.cs b/win/CS/HandBrakeWPF/Services/UserSettingService.cs
index 836605a2d..8583787df 100644
--- a/win/CS/HandBrakeWPF/Services/UserSettingService.cs
+++ b/win/CS/HandBrakeWPF/Services/UserSettingService.cs
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ namespace HandBrakeWPF.Services
                         this.userSettings = deserialisedSettings;
                     }
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    this.userSettings = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+                }
 
                 // Add any missing / new settings
                 SerializableDictionary<string, object> defaults = this.GetDefaults();
-- 
2.40.0