From d6570d1496a42a9730e9b1112200c09094d5ddd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: psychobunny <psycho.bunny@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:00:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] prevent admin crashes on improperly configured plugins

---
 src/plugins.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 2fe845a56c..28ddaae55e 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -268,7 +268,13 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 								fs.readFile(path.join(file, 'plugin.json'), next);
 							},
 							function(configJSON, next) {
-								var config = JSON.parse(configJSON);
+								try {
+									var config = JSON.parse(configJSON);
+								} catch (err) {
+									winston.warn("Plugin: " + file + " is corrupted or invalid. Please check plugin.json for errors.")
+									return next(err, null);
+								}
+								
 								_self.isActive(config.id, function(err, active) {
 									if (err) next(new Error('no-active-state'));