diff --git a/src-tauri/src/frontend_calls/config.rs b/src-tauri/src/frontend_calls/config.rs
index e1aec5a..43bd0db 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/frontend_calls/config.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/frontend_calls/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf, sync::Mutex};
 
-use serde_json::Value;
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
 use tauri::State;
 
 pub fn get_config_path() -> PathBuf {
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ pub struct Config{
 impl Config{
   pub fn new() -> Config{
     let path = get_config_path();
-    let config: Value = serde_json::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let config: Value = serde_json::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(&path)
+      .unwrap_or("{}".to_owned()))
+      .unwrap_or(Value::Object(Map::new()));
 
     Config {
       config: Mutex::new(config)