From a2273234cb9009745fc7c6b2eb080d720a584717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dean Herbert <pe@ppy.sh>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 18:09:25 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Better handle startup when ladder cannot be read correctly

---
 osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs
index 9916b0e042..69f2bf57be 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs
@@ -121,10 +121,9 @@ private void readBracket()
                 using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
                     ladder = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LadderInfo>(sr.ReadToEnd());
             }
-            else
-            {
+
+            if (ladder == null)
                 ladder = new LadderInfo();
-            }
 
             if (ladder.Ruleset.Value == null)
                 ladder.Ruleset.Value = RulesetStore.AvailableRulesets.First();