From b167f383dc7548550b6d665721720f1ab1b183ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danilo Tuler <tuler@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 12:47:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(cli): fix case of no cartesi.toml

---
 .changeset/dry-walls-lead.md | 5 +++++
 apps/cli/src/base.ts         | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/dry-walls-lead.md

diff --git a/.changeset/dry-walls-lead.md b/.changeset/dry-walls-lead.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e6813c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dry-walls-lead.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": patch
+---
+
+fix case of no cartesi.toml
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/base.ts b/apps/cli/src/base.ts
index d1c34470..4b703b27 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/base.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/base.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export const getApplicationConfig = (configPaths: string[]): Config => {
         if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
             return fs.readFileSync(configPath).toString();
         }
+        if (configPath === "cartesi.toml") {
+            return "";
+        }
         throw new Error(`Config file ${configPath} does not exist`);
     });
     return parse(tomls);