From 8568ed6bb6ab0d287c7536cec9b8e64e70d82aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ilkankilic <ilkan.kilic@openbraininstitute.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:54:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle empty SONATA reports

---
 bluecellulab/circuit/config/sonata_simulation_config.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bluecellulab/circuit/config/sonata_simulation_config.py b/bluecellulab/circuit/config/sonata_simulation_config.py
index 797aec4..393b619 100644
--- a/bluecellulab/circuit/config/sonata_simulation_config.py
+++ b/bluecellulab/circuit/config/sonata_simulation_config.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def get_report_entries(self) -> dict[str, dict]:
 
         Each key is a report name, and the value is its configuration.
         """
-        reports = self.impl.config.get("reports", {})
+        reports = self.impl.config.get("reports") or {}
         if not isinstance(reports, dict):
             raise ValueError("Invalid format for 'reports' in SONATA config.")
         return reports