From 64611742a0c74f3a0ea909145a6a831fc3ad3087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bora Uyar <bora.uyar@mdc-berlin.de>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:04:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix bug with covariate initiation

---
 flexynesis/__main__.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flexynesis/__main__.py b/flexynesis/__main__.py
index e9b7c45..1fa4fab 100644
--- a/flexynesis/__main__.py
+++ b/flexynesis/__main__.py
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ def main():
             covariates = None
         else:
             covariates = args.covariates.strip().split(',')
+    else:
+        covariates = None
         
     data_importer = flexynesis.DataImporter(path = args.data_path, 
                                             data_types = datatypes,