X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/143bbe8d10d826b05357a531de6aa2a14f4cffb9..1fa1006e5b21cfc30e694890db969c20864af8c6:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index 211e6f5563..a0c3cc64ae 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import os
 import re
 
 _settings = None
-default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+if os.environ.get('HOME') is not None:
+    default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+else:
+    default_config_file = ''
 
 EMPTY_BLOCK_LOCATOR = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e+0'
 
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ def load(config_file):
     cfg = {}
     with open(config_file, "r") as f:
         for config_line in f:
+            if re.match('^\s*$', config_line):
+                continue
             if re.match('^\s*#', config_line):
                 continue
             var, val = config_line.rstrip().split('=', 2)