fix: use APPIMAGE env var for base dir to avoid read-only mount pathHEADmain

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/khimera-main.go b/khimera-main.go
index 6cb0bdf..d53211d 100644
--- a/khimera-main.go
+++ b/khimera-main.go
@@ -75,14 +75,19 @@ func main() {
 
 // detectPortableMode detects portable environment
 func detectPortableMode() (*PortableConfig, error) {
-	// Get executable location
-	exe, err := os.Executable()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get executable path: %w", err)
+	// When running as AppImage, APPIMAGE env var points to the actual .AppImage file
+	// os.Executable() would return the read-only mount path inside /tmp/.mount_*
+	var baseDir string
+	if appImagePath := os.Getenv("APPIMAGE"); appImagePath != "" {
+		baseDir = filepath.Dir(appImagePath)
+	} else {
+		exe, err := os.Executable()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get executable path: %w", err)
+		}
+		baseDir = filepath.Dir(exe)
 	}
 
-	baseDir := filepath.Dir(exe)
-
 	config := &PortableConfig{
 		IsPortable: true,
 		BaseDir:    baseDir,