From 8e12bb1bc61edf0ecf41def271ae782469aeda1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Paffrath <marcel.paffrath@rub.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:43:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [bugfix] when no settings are given for phases use empty list

---
 pylot/core/util/widgets.py | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
index 8a827335..66b7d92d 100644
--- a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
+++ b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
@@ -926,8 +926,20 @@ class PickDlg(QDialog):
 
     def addPickPhases(self, menuBar):
         settings = QtCore.QSettings()
-        phases = {'P': settings.value('p_phases').split(','),
-                  'S': settings.value('s_phases').split(',')}
+        p_phases = settings.value('p_phases')
+        s_phases = settings.value('s_phases')
+        
+        if p_phases:
+            p_phases = p_phases.split(',')
+        else:
+            p_phases = []
+        if s_phases:
+            s_phases = s_phases.split(',')
+        else:
+            s_phases = []
+            
+        phases = {'P': p_phases,
+                  'S': s_phases}
         if not 'P' in phases['P'] and not 'p' in phases['P']:
             phases['P'] = ['P'] + phases['P']
         if not 'S' in phases['S'] and not 's' in phases['S']: