From 673007a3938ed5de0fccf8744c2797abe14475cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Waqar Butt <waqar.butt@ukaea.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:38:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] proper handling of json parameter mpiTimings

---
 src/aegis/aegis.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/aegis/aegis.cpp b/src/aegis/aegis.cpp
index e01d357..3378a72 100644
--- a/src/aegis/aegis.cpp
+++ b/src/aegis/aegis.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ main(int argc, char ** argv)
   ParticleSimulation simulation(configFile, equilibrium);
   simulation.Execute();
 
-  auto mpiTimings = configFile->data()["global_params"]["mpi_timings"];
+  JsonHandler globalParams(configFile->data()["global_params"]);
+  bool mpiTimings = globalParams.get_optional<bool>("mpi_timings").value_or(false);
 
   if (mpiTimings) // print individual timings for each MPI rank
   {