From 6fc1adcdc499573f7aa05b995896da4c747aef6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SW van Heerden <swvheerden@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:34:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] reload old wallets

---
 base_layer/wallet/src/wallet.rs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base_layer/wallet/src/wallet.rs b/base_layer/wallet/src/wallet.rs
index 33accdfb68..4594a6be60 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet/src/wallet.rs
+++ b/base_layer/wallet/src/wallet.rs
@@ -772,7 +772,10 @@ pub fn read_or_create_wallet_type<T: WalletBackend + 'static>(
 
     match (db_wallet_type, wallet_type) {
         (None, None) => {
-            panic!("Something is very wrong, no wallet type was found in the DB, or provided (on first run)")
+            // this is most likely an older wallet pre ledger support, lets put it in software
+            let wallet_type = WalletType::Software;
+            db.set_wallet_type(wallet_type)?;
+            Ok(wallet_type)
         },
         (None, Some(t)) => {
             db.set_wallet_type(t)?;