From 5020bc8529a5b01607a10e8adb1d2724176f3c99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cassandra Heart <cassandra@quilibrium.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:30:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] address nil pointer dereference

---
 node/store/hypergraph.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/node/store/hypergraph.go b/node/store/hypergraph.go
index ea6abaa..5804566 100644
--- a/node/store/hypergraph.go
+++ b/node/store/hypergraph.go
@@ -710,7 +710,10 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 							txn.Abort()
 							return err
 						}
-						txn = nil
+						txn, err = p.NewTransaction(false)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
 					}
 				}
 				if txn != nil {