From 0e0fe9204fb18f8a4bad5343481147fed26446d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xfnw <xfnw@riseup.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:47:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] attempt to create data file

---
 nboard | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nboard b/nboard
index e632a0d..c6ac7b6 100755
--- a/nboard
+++ b/nboard
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ def main(stdscr):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         dExists = os.path.isfile(dataPath)
+        if not dExists:
+            with open(dataPath, 'w') as f:
+                f.write('{}')
+                dExists = True
     except:
         dExists = False
     if not dExists or len(sys.argv) > 1 and (sys.argv[1] == '--help' or sys.argv[1] == 'help'):