From 189a9a6e75565a5b1d2845ac382b7b053b7888f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georgi Georgiev <georgiev.georgi.st@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:24:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ngs metadata None

closes #188
---
 src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/binary_readers.py | 2 +-
 src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/io.py             | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/binary_readers.py b/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/binary_readers.py
index f3eaaf72..6d0ca4a5 100644
--- a/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/binary_readers.py
+++ b/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/binary_readers.py
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@ def read_ngs_meta(f):
         # add units to par names
         par = [name + f' [{unit}]' for name, unit in zip(par_names, par_units)]
         meta = dict(zip(par, par_values))
-        return meta
+    return meta
diff --git a/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/io.py b/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/io.py
index d26b6086..237acd94 100644
--- a/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/io.py
+++ b/src/ramanchada2/io/experimental/rc1_parser/io.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ def parse(source_path, file_type=None):
         )
 
     x_data, y_data, metadata = reader(source_path)
+    if metadata is None:
+        metadata = {}
     # Get rid of bytes that are found in some of the formats
     metadata = cleanMeta(metadata)
     # Flatten metadata