added an error check for parsing the config.edn

project.clj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject cryogen-core "0.1.20"
+(defproject cryogen-core "0.1.21"
   :description "Cryogen's compiler"
   :url "https://github.com/lacarmen/cryogen-core"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"

src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj

@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
 (defn read-config
   "Reads the config file"
   []
+  (try
     (let [config (-> "templates/config.edn"
                      get-resource
                      slurp
@@ -282,7 +283,9 @@
        config
        {:page-root (root-path :page-root config)
         :post-root (root-path :post-root config)
-       :tag-root  (root-path :tag-root config)})))
+        :tag-root  (root-path :tag-root config)}))
+    (catch Exception _
+      (throw (IllegalArgumentException. "Failed to parse config.edn")))))
 
 (defn compile-assets
   "Generates all the html and copies over resources specified in the config"