`embark blockchain` crashes on a new installation (Cannot read property '1' of null)

OS: Win10 Embark version: 2.4.2

Just installed embark and ran embark blockchain

Got

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Embark Blockchain Using: Go-Ethereum (https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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running: geth --networkid 12301 --datadir=".embark/development/datadir" --password config/development/password account list
WARN [05-24|13:54:45] No etherbase set and no accounts found as default
already initialized
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\lib\cmds\blockchain\blockchain.js:79
    address = result.output.match(/{(\w+)}/)[1];
                                            ^

TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of null
    at Blockchain.initChainAndGetAddress (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\lib\cmds\blockchain\blockchain.js:79:45)
    at Blockchain.run (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\lib\cmds\blockchain\blockchain.js:50:22)
    at Object.blockchain (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\lib\index.js:46:16)
    at Command.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\lib\cmd.js:97:17)
    at Command.listener (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\node_modules\commander\index.js:301:8)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at Command.emit (events.js:192:7)
    at Command.parseArgs (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\node_modules\commander\index.js:615:12)
    at Command.parse (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\node_modules\commander\index.js:458:21)
    at Cmd.process (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.5.0\node_modules\embark\lib\cmd.js:26:11)

[matkam]

Similar to @TortuePatate, I solved it by running: geth --datadir=".embark/development/datadir" --password config/development/password account new Embark should probably run this before account list

[TortuePatate]

Hi there, I’ve got exactly the same problem but I’m running on Mac OS X. I tried to tweak the config/blockchain.json file on lines 13, 24 and 35 (“account”) but to no avail.

I’ve got an account properly set up on geth but it is not recognised when using embark.