From b822c8889dc2460c0bdb12734c21249fb8d183b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Letan <lthms@nomadic-labs.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:15:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] EVM Node: Fix --init-kernel is optional

---
 etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_context.ml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_context.ml b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_context.ml
index 00d271d47bb0..aff869d81891 100644
--- a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_context.ml
+++ b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_context.ml
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ let init ?(genesis_timestamp = Helpers.now ()) ?produce_genesis_with
               apply_blueprint ctxt genesis
           | None -> return ctxt)
     | None ->
-        failwith
-          "Cannot compute the initial EVM state without the path to the \
-           initial kernel"
+        if loaded then return ctxt
+        else
+          failwith
+            "Cannot compute the initial EVM state without the path to the \
+             initial kernel"
   in
 
   return ctxt
-- 
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