Incr. ver.

AppScaffolding/AppScaffolding.csproj

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
-    <Version>6.6.7.1</Version>
+    <Version>6.6.8.1</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

FileManager/PersistentDictionary.cs

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ namespace FileManager
             {
                 var msg = "Unrecoverable error. Settings file cannot be found";
                 var ex = new FileNotFoundException(msg, Filepath);
-                Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(msg, ex);
+                Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(ex, msg);
                 throw ex;
             }
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ namespace FileManager
             {
                 var msg = "Unrecoverable error. Unable to read settings from Settings file";
                 var ex = new NullReferenceException(msg);
-                Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(msg, ex);
+                Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(ex, msg);
                 throw ex;
             }
 

LibationFileManager/FilePathCache.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
 			if (File.Exists(jsonFile))
 			{
 				var list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<CacheEntry>>(File.ReadAllText(jsonFile));
+
+				// file exists but deser is null. this will never happen when file is healthy
+				if (list is null)
+				{
+					lock (locker)
+					{
+						Serilog.Log.Logger.Error("Error deserializing file. Wrong format. Possibly corrupt. Deleting file. {@DebugInfo}", new { jsonFile });
+						File.Delete(jsonFile);
+						return;
+					}
+				}
+
 				cache = new Cache<CacheEntry>(list);
 			}
         }