From 9f92be1031930d2e049188dcba67063ff40bf38d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lo-simon <simon.lo@sony.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 12:10:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Default settings with an empty JSON object to allow
 nmos-cpp-node and nmos-cpp-registry to start without a config JSON

---
 Development/nmos/model.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Development/nmos/model.h b/Development/nmos/model.h
index d9c25559c..3a9931d80 100644
--- a/Development/nmos/model.h
+++ b/Development/nmos/model.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace nmos
         mutable nmos::condition_variable shutdown_condition;
 
         // application-wide configuration
-        nmos::settings settings;
+        nmos::settings settings = web::json::value::object();
 
         // flag indicating whether shutdown has been initiated
         bool shutdown = false;