From a8e80ed19db1f62b134dc51e70b5bab6abdf7ea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ahtlon <git@ahtlon.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:37:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [main] fix startup when there's no db

---
 alembic/env.py           | 9 +++++----
 app/.env.example         | 2 +-
 app/services/database.py | 6 ++++--
 app/services/settings.py | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index 31c3388..baa2726 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ config = context.config
 
 # Interpret the config file for Python logging.
 # This line sets up loggers basically.
-if config.config_file_name is not None:
-    fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
+#if config.config_file_name is not None:
+#    fileConfig(config.config_file_name, disable_existing_loggers=False)
 
 # add your model's MetaData object here
 # for 'autogenerate' support
 # from myapp import mymodel
 # target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
-from app.model.models import Base
-target_metadata = Base.metadata
+from app.model import models
+
+target_metadata = models.Base.metadata
 
 # other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
 # can be acquired:
diff --git a/app/.env.example b/app/.env.example
index 30afee3..49661a2 100644
--- a/app/.env.example
+++ b/app/.env.example
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ SECRET_KEY="8b14d0b447bff7efa24d5019cc59a999786e31f6f865173bbd642bf18de5ad85"
 #Key for oauth
 #THESE ARE TESTING KEYS - DO NOT USE IN PROD
 
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///./gatekeeper.db"
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_PATH="./gatekeeper.db"
diff --git a/app/services/database.py b/app/services/database.py
index 68ef002..f1adadc 100644
--- a/app/services/database.py
+++ b/app/services/database.py
@@ -5,19 +5,21 @@ from sqlmodel import Session, SQLModel, create_engine
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = getenv("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL", "sqlite:///./gatekeeper.db")
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_PATH = getenv("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_PATH", "./gatekeeper.db")
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///" + SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_PATH
 
 engine = create_engine(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL)
 
 
 def create_db_and_tables():
-    if not path.exists(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL):
+    if not path.exists(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_PATH):
         SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
         from alembic.config import Config
 
         from alembic import command
 
         alembic_cfg = Config("./alembic.ini")
+        alembic_cfg.attributes["sqlalchemy.url"] = SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL
         command.stamp(alembic_cfg, "head")
         logger.info("Database created and tables initialized.")
     else:
diff --git a/app/services/settings.py b/app/services/settings.py
index 9507e82..85a31c2 100644
--- a/app/services/settings.py
+++ b/app/services/settings.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def verify_settings():
         "MIFARE_ACL_WRITE_BASE_KEY",
     ]
     important_envs = ["SECRET_KEY"]
-    other_envs = ["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL"]
+    other_envs = ["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_PATH"]
     for setting in card_envs:
         if (setting not in os.environ or setting == "") and not os.getenv(
             "DISABLE_CARDS"
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ def verify_settings():
             )
     for setting in other_envs:
         if setting not in os.environ:
-            logger.critical(f"Env var {setting} not set. Continuing with defaults.")
+            logger.warning(f"Env var {setting} not set. Continuing with defaults.")