Index: common.scm
==================================================================
--- common.scm
+++ common.scm
@@ -1194,11 +1194,21 @@
 ;;
 (define (common:bash-glob instr)
   (string-split
    (with-input-from-pipe
        (conc "/bin/bash -c \"echo " instr "\"")
-     read-line)))
+       read-line)))
+
+;;======================================================================
+;; Some safety net stuff
+;;======================================================================
+
+;; return input if it is a list or return null
+(define (common:list-or-null inlst #!optional (ovrd #f))
+  (if (list? inlst)
+      inlst
+      (or ovrd '())))
   
 ;;======================================================================
 ;; T A R G E T S  ,   S T A T E ,   S T A T U S ,   
 ;;                    R U N N A M E    A N D   T E S T P A T T
 ;;======================================================================

Index: launch.scm
==================================================================
--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -1124,11 +1124,11 @@
 		      (begin
 			(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "you are not in a megatest area!")
 			(exit 1)))
 		  (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
 		  ;; the seed read is done, now read runconfigs, cache it then read megatest.config one more time and cache it
-		  (let* ((keys         (rmt:get-keys))
+		  (let* ((keys         (common:list-or-null (rmt:get-keys)))
 			 (key-vals     (keys:target->keyval keys target))
 			 (linktree     (common:get-linktree)) ;; (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")(if *configdat* (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") #f)))
 					;     (if *configdat*
 					; 	   (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
 					; 	   (conc *toppath* "/lt"))))

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -1295,11 +1295,11 @@
 			   (if (list? res)
 			       res
 			       (begin
 				 (debug:print-error
 				  0 *default-log-port*
-				  "FAILED TO GET DATA using rmt:get-tests-for-run. Notify developers if you see this.")
+				  "FAILED TO GET DATA using rmt:get-tests-for-run. Notify developers if you see this. result: " res)
 				 '())))))
 	  (if (not (runs:gendat-run-info *runs:general-data*))
 	      (runs:gendat-run-info-set! *runs:general-data* run-dat))
 	  (if (not (runs:gendat-runname  *runs:general-data*))
 	      (runs:gendat-runname-set! *runs:general-data* runname))