1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doPatch.go b/doPatch.go
index 5fc54ed..36357b3 100644
--- a/doPatch.go
+++ b/doPatch.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func doPatch() error {
 
 		// return doPatchList()
 		applied := findApplied()
-		if applied.Len() == 0 {
+		if applied == nil || applied.Len() == 0 {
 			log.Info("no patches have been appled to the devel branch yet")
 			return nil
 		}