From 88e1cf8837d089978f31aa97b806f7becf0d7790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: j <j@mailb.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:48:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fallback to build in defaults

---
 render.py | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/render.py b/render.py
index 7cea153..72d5bc6 100644
--- a/render.py
+++ b/render.py
@@ -811,9 +811,15 @@ def load_defaults(options):
     if os.path.exists(path):
         with open(path) as fd:
             defaults = json.load(fd)
-        for key in defaults:
-            if key not in options:
-                options[key] = defaults[key]
+    else:
+        print("no defaults defined at %s" % path)
+        defaults = {
+            "lang": "en",
+            "censored": None
+        }
+    for key in defaults:
+        if key not in options:
+            options[key] = defaults[key]
     return options