From 19ae0d54376aaf523cdbdca27d7aca91af9e2c13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blake Matthes <cowchmonkey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:07:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(controller): fix to the update that was blocking as it
 never started

---
 controller/update.go | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/controller/update.go b/controller/update.go
index fec07b5..51f1f36 100644
--- a/controller/update.go
+++ b/controller/update.go
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ import (
 
 func UpdateApp(server *socketio.Server) <-chan string {
 	updates := make(chan string)
-	rootDir := filepath.Join("..")
+	exePath, _ := os.Executable()
+	exeDir := filepath.Dir(exePath)
+	rootDir := filepath.Join(exeDir, "..")
 
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(rootDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		//log.Fatal("failed to read root dir: %v", err)
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("failed to read root dir %s: %v", rootDir, err)
+		updates <- msg
+		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
 
-		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", fmt.Sprintf("failed to read root dir: %v", err))
+		return updates
 	}
 
 	var zips []string
@@ -130,6 +134,8 @@ func UpdateApp(server *socketio.Server) <-chan string {
 			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
 
 		}
+
+		updates <- "done"
 	}()
 
 	return updates