From 96bbc92ae9c8aeb8f9f71f19fe5d1ca30194f6a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sainan <63328889+Sainan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:57:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: improve error reporting when config.json exists with
 invalid json

---
 src/index.ts                         | 7 ++++++-
 src/services/configWatcherService.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 80adc252..d4b0f810 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 // First, init config.
 import { config, loadConfig } from "@/src/services/configService";
+import fs from "fs";
 try {
     loadConfig();
 } catch (e) {
-    console.log("ERROR: Failed to load config.json. You can copy config.json.example to create your config.json.");
+    if (fs.existsSync("config.json")) {
+        console.log("Failed to load config.json: " + (e as Error).message);
+    } else {
+        console.log("Failed to load config.json. You can copy config.json.example to create your config.json.");
+    }
     process.exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/configWatcherService.ts b/src/services/configWatcherService.ts
index 77c56d9a..88a5acdc 100644
--- a/src/services/configWatcherService.ts
+++ b/src/services/configWatcherService.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fs.watchFile(configPath, () => {
         try {
             loadConfig();
         } catch (e) {
-            logger.error("Failed to reload config.json. Did you delete it?! Execution cannot continue.");
+            logger.error("FATAL ERROR: Config failed to be reloaded: " + (e as Error).message);
             process.exit(1);
         }
         validateConfig();