From 9d1b3e926d0bb529cf425bbe17dd3796e0ee717b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kane York <rikingcoding@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 15:29:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] stop panicing earlier than needed

---
 socketserver/server/usercount.go | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/socketserver/server/usercount.go b/socketserver/server/usercount.go
index 0bbb7940..1b9cbcbb 100644
--- a/socketserver/server/usercount.go
+++ b/socketserver/server/usercount.go
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ func loadHLL(at time.Time, dest *PeriodUniqueUsers) error {
 	dec := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(fileBytes))
 	err = dec.Decode(dest.Counter)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Panicln(err)
-
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -160,6 +158,7 @@ func loadUniqueUsers() {
 		// file didn't finish writing
 		// errors in NewPlus are bad precisions
 		uniqueCounter.Counter, _ = hyperloglog.NewPlus(CounterPrecision)
+		log.Println("failed to load unique users data:", err)
 	} else if err != nil {
 		log.Panicln("failed to load unique users data:", err)
 	}