From 0cad75c898c5ba92d53162a1aabc71fb2bbaf2ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Derczynski <leonderczynski@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:38:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] check config load in start_logging

Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Martin <jmartin@Op3n4M3.dev>
Signed-off-by: Leon Derczynski <leonderczynski@gmail.com>
---
 garak/command.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/garak/command.py b/garak/command.py
index dc45d9242..a7b08c066 100644
--- a/garak/command.py
+++ b/garak/command.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 def start_logging():
     from garak import _config
+    if not _config.loaded:
+        raise RuntimeError("Configuration must be loaded to start logging!")
 
     logging.basicConfig(
         filename=_config.transient.data_dir / "garak.log",