From 94d4586b97ae774190e50255a706dbc75278d133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fazri Gading <fazrigading@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:09:48 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add pathexists for paths.js to check symlink

---
 backend/core/paths.js | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/core/paths.js b/backend/core/paths.js
index 147bc46..bd381b4 100644
--- a/backend/core/paths.js
+++ b/backend/core/paths.js
@@ -181,16 +181,26 @@ async function getModsPath(customInstallPath = null) {
     if (!fs.existsSync(modsPath)) {
       // Check for broken symlink to avoid EEXIST/EPERM on mkdir
       let isBrokenLink = false;
+      let pathExists = false;
       try {
-        const stats = fs.lstatSync(modsPath);
-        if (stats.isSymbolicLink()) isBrokenLink = true;
-      } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
+          const stats = fs.lstatSync(modsPath);
+          pathExists = true;
+          if (stats.isSymbolicLink()) {
+              // Check if target exists
+              try {
+                  fs.statSync(modsPath);
+              } catch {
+                  isBrokenLink = true;
+              }
+          }
+      } catch (e) { /* path doesn't exist at all */ }
 
       if (!isBrokenLink) {
         fs.unlinkSync(modsPath); // Remove broken symlink
       }
-      // Ensure the Mods directory exists
-      fs.mkdirSync(modsPath, { recursive: true });
+      if (!pathExists || isBrokenLink) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(modsPath, { recursive: true });
+      }
     }
     if (!fs.existsSync(disabledModsPath)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(disabledModsPath, { recursive: true });