From 109ac6c0b27962da13566087a83e094bdb263d7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Troll (Hermes Agent)" <ai@hallsworth.ca>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 22:41:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make settings metadata fields always default to empty
 string

---
 templates/admin/settings.html | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/admin/settings.html b/templates/admin/settings.html
index 3c0c3b3..07dec88 100644
--- a/templates/admin/settings.html
+++ b/templates/admin/settings.html
@@ -304,19 +304,19 @@
           <table class="meta-table">
             <tr>
               <td>Artist</td>
-              <td><input type="text" id="artist" name="artist" value="{{ metadata.get('artist', '') }}" placeholder="e.g. Trollgorithm"></td>
+              <td><input type="text" id="artist" name="artist" value="{{ metadata.get('artist', '') or '' }}" placeholder="e.g. Trollgorithm"></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td>Album</td>
-              <td><input type="text" id="album" name="album" value="{{ metadata.get('album', '') }}" placeholder="e.g. Theme Song Booth 2026"></td>
+              <td><input type="text" id="album" name="album" value="{{ metadata.get('album', '') or '' }}" placeholder="e.g. Theme Song Booth 2026"></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td>Year</td>
-              <td><input type="text" id="year" name="year" value="{{ metadata.get('year', '') }}" placeholder="e.g. 2026"></td>
+              <td><input type="text" id="year" name="year" value="{{ metadata.get('year', '') or '' }}" placeholder="e.g. 2026"></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td>Comment</td>
-              <td><textarea id="comment" name="comment" rows="3" placeholder="e.g. Custom theme song generated at the booth">{{ metadata.get('comment', '') }}</textarea></td>
+              <td><textarea id="comment" name="comment" rows="3" placeholder="e.g. Custom theme song generated at the booth">{{ metadata.get('comment', '') or '' }}</textarea></td>
             </tr>
           </table>
           <button type="submit">Save Metadata Defaults</button>