diff --git a/gluon/gluon-core/files/usr/lib/lua/gluon/sysconfig.lua b/gluon/gluon-core/files/usr/lib/lua/gluon/sysconfig.lua
index 3ba26e9..ff61f05 100644
--- a/gluon/gluon-core/files/usr/lib/lua/gluon/sysconfig.lua
+++ b/gluon/gluon-core/files/usr/lib/lua/gluon/sysconfig.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 local sysconfigdir = '/lib/gluon/core/sysconfig/'
 
 local function get(_, name)
-	local ret = nil
 	local f = io.open(sysconfigdir .. name)
 	if f then
-		ret = f:read('*line')
+		local ret = f:read('*line')
 		f:close()
+		return (ret or '')
 	end
-	return ret
+	return nil
 end
 
 local function set(_, name, val)