From 957196e7bbdec54688fe8d46ef2b373e5b2514b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dammitjeff <44111923+dammitjeff@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 12:17:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add fallback for config path and handle missing config
 file creation

---
 src/config/config.go | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index 3eb49c4..df3f142 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -174,12 +174,23 @@ type HttpNotif struct {
 }
 
 func (cfg *Config) ReadEnv() {
+	// fallback in case the user adds path/.env as a directory
+	if info, err := os.Stat(cfg.Flags.CfgPath); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
+		cfg.Flags.CfgPath = filepath.Join(cfg.Flags.CfgPath, ".env")
+		slog.Warn("config path is a directory, using .env inside it", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath)
+	}
 
 	// Try to read from .env file first
 	err := cleanenv.ReadConfig(cfg.Flags.CfgPath, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		// If the error is because the file doesn't exist, fallback to env vars
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			slog.Warn("no config file found, creating empty one", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath)
+			if f, err := os.Create(cfg.Flags.CfgPath); err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("could not create config file", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath, "context", err.Error())
+			} else {
+				f.Close()
+			}
 			if err := cleanenv.ReadEnv(&cfg); err != nil {
 				slog.Error("failed to load config from env vars", "context", err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)

From f4f5f91413fd545bcf123146db35039a4df038f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dammitjeff <44111923+dammitjeff@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 12:38:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] update config loading to read from specified config file
 path

---
 src/config/config.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index df3f142..4758aca 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) ReadEnv() {
 			} else {
 				f.Close()
 			}
-			if err := cleanenv.ReadEnv(&cfg); err != nil {
-				slog.Error("failed to load config from env vars", "context", err.Error())
+			if err := cleanenv.ReadConfig(cfg.Flags.CfgPath, cfg); err != nil {
+				slog.Error("failed to load config file", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath, "context", err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 		} else {

From cd86b1c0aede650028538e90934d98cc291329c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dammitjeff <44111923+dammitjeff@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 12:43:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix check error on file close

---
 src/config/config.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index 4758aca..002cd93 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) ReadEnv() {
 			slog.Warn("no config file found, creating empty one", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath)
 			if f, err := os.Create(cfg.Flags.CfgPath); err != nil {
 				slog.Warn("could not create config file", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath, "context", err.Error())
-			} else {
-				f.Close()
+			} else if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("could not close config file", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath, "context", err.Error())
 			}
 			if err := cleanenv.ReadConfig(cfg.Flags.CfgPath, cfg); err != nil {
 				slog.Error("failed to load config file", "path", cfg.Flags.CfgPath, "context", err.Error())