From ecde108eaa42befc6ecdb2a05f02b33ffee5d711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lossy <thedragon1012@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:12:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Assign something to HardwareUtils.SERIAL_NUMBER if it was
 null.

---
 .../java/in/dragonbra/javasteam/util/HardwareUtils.java    | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/in/dragonbra/javasteam/util/HardwareUtils.java b/src/main/java/in/dragonbra/javasteam/util/HardwareUtils.java
index 048c9b9b..2a69f5d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/in/dragonbra/javasteam/util/HardwareUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/in/dragonbra/javasteam/util/HardwareUtils.java
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ public static byte[] getMachineID() {
             SERIAL_NUMBER = getSerialNumberUnix();
         }
 
-        return SERIAL_NUMBER == null ? new byte[0] : SERIAL_NUMBER.getBytes();
+        // if SERIAL_NUMBER still was null
+        if(SERIAL_NUMBER == null) {
+            SERIAL_NUMBER = "JavaSteam-SerialNumber";
+        }
+
+        return SERIAL_NUMBER.getBytes();
     }
 
     private static String getSerialNumberWin() {