From c60ea95dbd0e95afd03070790469466cb5f55185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emin Arslan <arslanemin2662@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:48:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] create the bin directory if it doesn't exist on startup

---
 main.lisp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.lisp b/main.lisp
index 8c029c2..c62a7f9 100644
--- a/main.lisp
+++ b/main.lisp
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
 (ql:quickload "djula")
 (ql:quickload "frugal-uuid")
 
+;; this is necessary to ensure relative pathnames work
 (setf *default-pathname-defaults* (uiop:getcwd))
 
+;; make sure the bin directory exists
+;; not externed from uiop, but who cares
+(uiop::ensure-directories-exist "bin/")
+
+
 ;;;; if you're gonna run a public instance, change to the url other people
 ;;;; will use to connect!
 (defvar *server-external-address*