From 5badf8a8e3e3c82099237f526fc6511176ce2fc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Osborne <richard@digitalbricks.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:15:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backend): use absolute path for adapter import

Fix module resolution when Electron runs from different cwd
---
 .../src/local-backend/LocalBackendServer.js    | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/noodl-editor/src/main/src/local-backend/LocalBackendServer.js b/packages/noodl-editor/src/main/src/local-backend/LocalBackendServer.js
index 919ba46..29ce9fd 100644
--- a/packages/noodl-editor/src/main/src/local-backend/LocalBackendServer.js
+++ b/packages/noodl-editor/src/main/src/local-backend/LocalBackendServer.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 const http = require('http');
+const path = require('path');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 
 // Using native http.IncomingMessage handling instead of Express for lighter weight
@@ -58,8 +59,21 @@ class LocalBackendServer {
    * Initialize the database adapter
    */
   async initAdapter() {
-    // Import adapter dynamically to avoid circular deps
-    const { LocalSQLAdapter } = require('../../../../noodl-runtime/src/api/adapters/local-sql');
+    // Import adapter dynamically using absolute path to avoid resolution issues
+    const adapterPath = path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      '..',
+      '..',
+      '..',
+      '..',
+      '..',
+      'noodl-runtime',
+      'src',
+      'api',
+      'adapters',
+      'local-sql'
+    );
+    const { LocalSQLAdapter } = require(adapterPath);
     this.adapter = new LocalSQLAdapter(this.config.dbPath);
     await this.adapter.connect();