Broker throws NullPointerException and fail to start when address.txt is blank

2019-06-20 10:31:55,155 ERROR [org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server] AMQ224000: Failure in initialisation: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.SimpleString.<init>(SimpleString.java:84) [artemis-commons-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.paging.impl.PagingStoreFactoryNIO.reloadStores(PagingStoreFactoryNIO.java:220) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.paging.impl.PagingManagerImpl.reloadStores(PagingManagerImpl.java:304) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.paging.impl.PagingManagerImpl.start(PagingManagerImpl.java:408) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.ActiveMQServerImpl.initialisePart1(ActiveMQServerImpl.java:2351) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.LiveOnlyActivation.run(LiveOnlyActivation.java:64) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.ActiveMQServerImpl.internalStart(ActiveMQServerImpl.java:544) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.ActiveMQServerImpl.start(ActiveMQServerImpl.java:481) [artemis-server-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.integration.FileBroker.start(FileBroker.java:111) [artemis-cli-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.cli.commands.Run.execute(Run.java:85) [artemis-cli-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.cli.Artemis.internalExecute(Artemis.java:149) [artemis-cli-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.cli.Artemis.execute(Artemis.java:97) [artemis-cli-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.cli.Artemis.execute(Artemis.java:124) [artemis-cli-2.6.3.redhat-00020.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.8.0_45]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) [rt.jar:1.8.0_45]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [rt.jar:1.8.0_45]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) [rt.jar:1.8.0_45]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.boot.Artemis.execute(Artemis.java:129) [artemis-boot.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]
	at org.apache.activemq.artemis.boot.Artemis.main(Artemis.java:49) [artemis-boot.jar:2.6.3.redhat-00020]