From ea297da0c8c00cf7d722466658e5656b22697d70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rambros <rambrosteam@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:23:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix random users json in compiled binaries

---
 disco-reaper.spec    |  2 +-
 src/core/database.py | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/disco-reaper.spec b/disco-reaper.spec
index bc5253a..e73ff51 100644
--- a/disco-reaper.spec
+++ b/disco-reaper.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     ['disco-reaper.py'],
     pathex=[],
     binaries=[],
-    datas=[('src/first-info.md', 'src')],
+    datas=[('src/first-info.md', 'src'), ('src/random_users.json', 'src')],
     hiddenimports=hiddenimports,
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
diff --git a/src/core/database.py b/src/core/database.py
index b1ffd4f..b2230b9 100644
--- a/src/core/database.py
+++ b/src/core/database.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import random
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
 import threading
+import sys
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -167,7 +168,18 @@ class MigrationDatabase:
 
     def _generate_alias(self) -> str:
         """Generates a unique alias in the format {Adjective}{Name} from random_users.json."""
-        json_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "random_users.json"
+        # Robust path resolution for PyInstaller
+        if hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
+            # Running as a frozen bundle
+            json_path = Path(sys._MEIPASS) / "src" / "random_users.json"
+        else:
+            # Running in normal python environment (from src/core/)
+            json_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "random_users.json"
+            
+        if not json_path.exists():
+             logger.error(f"MigrationDatabase: random_users.json not found at {json_path}")
+             raise FileNotFoundError(f"Missing required resource: {json_path}")
+
         with open(json_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             data = json.load(f)