From c9ba4b0fcd7e10ed12ca412dcf6dd129aae55618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Dilger <mike@mikedilger.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 22:21:28 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #438 Failed to setup database connection (on first run)

---
 src/profile.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/profile.rs b/src/profile.rs
index 14e058e0..f7083cad 100644
--- a/src/profile.rs
+++ b/src/profile.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ impl Profile {
             Err(_) => {
                 let mut base_dir = data_dir;
                 base_dir.push("gossip");
-                fs::canonicalize(base_dir)? // because gossip might be a link
+                // We canonicalize here because gossip might be a link, but if it
+                // doesn't exist yet we have to just go with basedir
+                fs::canonicalize(base_dir.as_path()).unwrap_or(base_dir)
             }
         };