From 47de6905df847f0f13d8de8ef5506e7224bdbb65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dimitrij <kvarkas@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:53:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add check if xml return empty to address #2122

---
 .../ConnectionSerializers/Xml/XmlConnectionsDeserializer.cs  | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mRemoteNG/Config/Serializers/ConnectionSerializers/Xml/XmlConnectionsDeserializer.cs b/mRemoteNG/Config/Serializers/ConnectionSerializers/Xml/XmlConnectionsDeserializer.cs
index 88a88921f..58760b9bf 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/Config/Serializers/ConnectionSerializers/Xml/XmlConnectionsDeserializer.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/Config/Serializers/ConnectionSerializers/Xml/XmlConnectionsDeserializer.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Config.Serializers.ConnectionSerializers.Xml
 
         public ConnectionTreeModel Deserialize(string xml, bool import)
         {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(xml)) return null;
             try
             {
                 LoadXmlConnectionData(xml);
@@ -95,9 +96,11 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Config.Serializers.ConnectionSerializers.Xml
         {
             CreateDecryptor(new RootNodeInfo(RootNodeType.Connection));
             connections = _decryptor.LegacyFullFileDecrypt(connections);
-            _xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
             if (connections != "")
+            {
+                _xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
                 _xmlDocument.LoadXml(connections);
+            }
         }
 
         private void ValidateConnectionFileVersion()