From 557a58af27596eda0f8203017da0d1b28c265196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Schwitzz <abbreinholt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:11:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(systemd): set Restart=always and PUBSCRIPT_WEB_DIST in
 user service and force-restart on .deb install

---
 desktop/build-deb.sh | 7 ++++---
 server/src/index.ts  | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop/build-deb.sh b/desktop/build-deb.sh
index 1c98af0..d64ba86 100755
--- a/desktop/build-deb.sh
+++ b/desktop/build-deb.sh
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ fi
 if command -v gtk-update-icon-cache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor || true
 fi
-# Stop any stale background server from a previous package build so the next
-# launch or systemd restart serves the updated /opt/pubscript bundle cleanly.
-pkill -f "/opt/pubscript/server/dist/server.mjs" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+# Stop any stale background server from a previous package build so systemd
+# (Restart=on-failure / Restart=always) or the next desktop launch starts the
+# freshly installed /opt/pubscript server and asset bundle.
+pkill -9 -f "/opt/pubscript/server/dist/server.mjs" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 exit 0
 EOF
 chmod 0755 "$STAGE_DIR/DEBIAN/postinst"
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 8ac8a93..a25ca70 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -307,9 +307,10 @@ export async function buildApp() {
           "Type=simple",
           `Environment=PORT=${cfg.port}`,
           `Environment=PUBSCRIPT_DB=${dbFile}`,
+          "Environment=PUBSCRIPT_WEB_DIST=/opt/pubscript/apps/web/dist",
           `ExecStart=${existsSync(optServerEntry) ? `/usr/bin/node ${optServerEntry}` : `/usr/bin/node --import tsx ${localServerEntry}`}`,
-          "Restart=on-failure",
-          "RestartSec=3",
+          "Restart=always",
+          "RestartSec=2",
           "",
           "[Install]",
           "WantedBy=default.target",