diff -ruN e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm
--- e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm	2019-11-22 12:47:03.831170976 +0100
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm	2019-11-22 12:48:54.767565275 +0100
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     $db = shift;
 
     return if ($db->get_prop('bootstrap-console', 'ForceSave') eq 'yes'); # We can skip the menus
-    my $SystemName = $db->get_value('SystemName');
+    my $SystemName = $db->get_value('SystemName') || '';
     my $DomainName = $db->get_value('DomainName');
     my $bootstrapConsole =
 	$db->get_prop("bootstrap-console", "Run") || "no";