From ded049b905555a0309eab1fce060333152050013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stavros Kois <47820033+stavros-k@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 15:58:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] don't crash if config file is missing (#2656)

---
 CHANGELOG.md              | 2 ++
 hscontrol/types/config.go | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65518f39..aea84949 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
   [#2046](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2046)
 - Refactor OpenID Connect documentation
   [#2625](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2625)
+- Don't crash if config file is missing 
+  [#2656](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2656)
 
 ## 0.26.1 (2025-06-06)
 
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/config.go b/hscontrol/types/config.go
index 09e6f818..baf8f264 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/config.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/config.go
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ func LoadConfig(path string, isFile bool) error {
 	viper.SetDefault("prefixes.allocation", string(IPAllocationStrategySequential))
 
 	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+			log.Warn().Msg("No config file found, using defaults")
+			return nil
+		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("fatal error reading config file: %w", err)
 	}