From dfd4c967b767bbcd63cf79f81003d852bb98895e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kukks <evilkukka@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:43:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix null reference exception when no tor settings are
 provided

---
 BTCPayServer/Services/TorServices.cs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Services/TorServices.cs b/BTCPayServer/Services/TorServices.cs
index f8dd1df2a..e1f2047e1 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Services/TorServices.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Services/TorServices.cs
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Services
 
         public override async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_options.Value.TorrcFile))
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_options.Value.TorrcFile) && _options.Value.TorServices != null)
             {
                 LoadFromConfig();
             }
-            else
+            else if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_options.Value.TorrcFile))
             {
                 await Refresh();
                 await base.StartAsync(cancellationToken);