From 088b177c0e7069091ecfe920cf8425676e9a6c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armin Schrenk <armin.schrenk@skymatic.de>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:11:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that null map is also logged

---
 .../java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java
index 30dcd241d..36c7dd247 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/AdminPropertiesSetter.java
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ class AdminPropertiesSetter {
 	private static Map<String, Object> loadAdminProperties(Path adminPropertiesPath) {
 		try (var in = Files.newInputStream(adminPropertiesPath, StandardOpenOption.READ)) {
 			var map = JSON.readValue(in, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
-			if (map != null) {
-				return map;
+			if (map == null) {
+				throw new NullPointerException("JSON parsing returned null");
 			}
+			return map;
 		} catch (NoSuchFileException _) {
 			//NO-OP
 			log("No admin properties found at {}.", List.of(adminPropertiesPath));