X-Git-Url: https://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=mudpy%2Fdata.py;fp=mudpy%2Fdata.py;h=2e22c7e0e2581e6c0350f6328aa3da7044e41c64;hp=d7de13addc111a43ea5dbd07da5de5b04376a448;hb=0580d77ecba37ac032dde3e3d8d7b054ccc7fd74;hpb=a848ee505cff4e968417004173adc790f4e78ff1

diff --git a/mudpy/data.py b/mudpy/data.py
index d7de13a..2e22c7e 100644
--- a/mudpy/data.py
+++ b/mudpy/data.py
@@ -134,9 +134,11 @@ class DataFile:
             if "__control__" in self.data and "backup_count" in self.data[
                     "__control__"]:
                 max_count = self.data["__control__"]["backup_count"]
-            else:
+            elif "mudpy.limit" in self.universe.contents:
                 max_count = self.universe.contents["mudpy.limit"].get(
-                    "backups")
+                    "backups", 0)
+            else:
+                max_count = 0
             if os.path.exists(self.filename) and max_count:
                 backups = []
                 for candidate in os.listdir(os.path.dirname(self.filename)):