From 1d609976d35492ba6723a838912d7551a2f3ab10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:02:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Slskd: Remove stale Soularr lock file on startup and redirect
 logs to stderr (#13669)

* Slskd: Remove stale Soularr lock file on startup and redirect logs to stderr

* fix(slskd): inline LOCK_FILE variable
---
 install/slskd-install.sh | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/slskd-install.sh b/install/slskd-install.sh
index d56f37e28..448839a71 100644
--- a/install/slskd-install.sh
+++ b/install/slskd-install.sh
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ if [[ ${soularr,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 if ps aux | grep "[s]oularr.py" >/dev/null; then
-  echo "Soularr is already running. Exiting..."
+  echo "Soularr is already running. Exiting..." >&2
   exit 1
-else
-  source /opt/soularr/venv/bin/activate
-  uv run python3 -u /opt/soularr/soularr.py --config-dir /opt/soularr
 fi
+
+# Remove stale lock file from previous ungraceful exit
+rm -f "/opt/soularr/.soularr.lock"
+
+source /opt/soularr/venv/bin/activate
+uv run python3 -u /opt/soularr/soularr.py --config-dir /opt/soularr 2>&1
 EOF
   chmod +x /opt/soularr/run.sh
   deactivate