diff --git a/src/utils/config/config.js b/src/utils/config/config.js
index 0003c589..57a63f7b 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/config.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/config.js
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ export function getSettings() {
 
   const settingsYaml = join(process.cwd(), "config", "settings.yaml");
   const fileContents = readFileSync(settingsYaml, "utf8");
-  return yaml.load(fileContents);
+  return yaml.load(fileContents) ?? {};
 }
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