This is only used for some error handling

def read_profiles(profiles_dir=None):
    """This is only used for some error handling"""
    if profiles_dir is None:
        profiles_dir = PROFILES_DIR

    raw_profiles = read_profile(profiles_dir)

    if raw_profiles is None:
        profiles = {}
    else:
        profiles = {k: v for (k, v) in raw_profiles.items() if k != 'config'}

    return profiles