From 6fd040d420669072fa1e049982de1f5d862a86a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <thegrumpydictator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:35:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix null pointer exception. #846

---
 app/Http/Controllers/CategoryController.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/CategoryController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/CategoryController.php
index 3ad10f995a..5e3184f7a9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/CategoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CategoryController.php
@@ -232,12 +232,14 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
         $start        = null;
         $end          = null;
         $periods      = new Collection;
+        echo '12';
 
 
         // prep for "all" view.
         if ($moment === 'all') {
             $subTitle = trans('firefly.all_journals_for_category', ['name' => $category->name]);
-            $start    = $repository->firstUseDate($category);
+            $first    = $repository->firstUseDate($category);
+            $start    = is_null($first) ? new Carbon : $first;
             $end      = new Carbon;
         }