From c8cc144f62f27ce50e0eeb409312fdc0e1f3a8df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Bradley <adambradley25@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 03:18:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(config): do not require config file

---
 src/sys/node/node-sys.ts | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/sys/node/node-sys.ts b/src/sys/node/node-sys.ts
index e52e326cd7d..f7d15fefaaa 100644
--- a/src/sys/node/node-sys.ts
+++ b/src/sys/node/node-sys.ts
@@ -140,12 +140,13 @@ export class NodeSystem implements StencilSystem {
       config = configFileData.config;
       config.configPath = configPath;
 
-      if (!config.rootDir && configPath) {
-        config.rootDir = path.dirname(configPath);
-      }
-
     } catch (e) {
-      throw new Error(`Error reading Stencil configuration file "${configPath}". ` + e);
+      // no stencil.config.js file, which is fine
+      config = {};
+    }
+
+    if (!config.rootDir && configPath) {
+      config.rootDir = path.dirname(configPath);
     }
 
     if (!config.sys) {