From 598935b3bfbca89fe176c7f2050325e6de6811d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Lubar <ben.lubar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:35:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix null object in search for users with no preferences set.

localStorage.getItem returned null, and JSON.parse(null) is null.
---
 public/src/modules/search.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/src/modules/search.js b/public/src/modules/search.js
index be6ac6a711..147683c550 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/search.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/search.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ define('search', ['navigator', 'translator'], function(nav, translator) {
 
 	Search.getSearchPreferences = function() {
 		try {
-			return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('search-preferences'));
+			return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('search-preferences') || '{}');
 		} catch(e) {
 			return {};
 		}
@@ -179,4 +179,4 @@ define('search', ['navigator', 'translator'], function(nav, translator) {
 	};
 
 	return Search;
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});