fix bug where log did not update when it did not exist

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 668f4b2..5ad1547 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ function route () {
         // contact new items from the log onto the client's log of everything
         var num = serverData.log.length - clientLog.log.length
         var diff = serverData.log.slice(0, num)
-        var oldLog = JSON.parse(localStorage['log'])
+
+        if (localStorage['log']) {
+          var oldLog = JSON.parse(localStorage['log'])
+        } else {
+          var oldLog = []
+        }
+
         var newLog = diff.concat(oldLog)
         localStorage['log'] = JSON.stringify(newLog)