From dc6654ee937db76f3b6493766e2804bfe8178af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Mutter <julian.mutter@comumail.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:43:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make config directory configurable

---
 .env.example               | 3 ++-
 src/config/config.go       | 2 ++
 src/database/connection.go | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 44c6448..88af67d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ SYNC_INTERVAL_MINUTES=1
 ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@admin.com
 ADMIN_PASSWORD=sheetless
 
-# Directory of your sheets
+# Directories containing permanent data
 SHEETS_DIRECTORY=/data/sheets
+CONFIG_DIRECTORY=/data/config
diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index 1057f4f..4ea9dec 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Config struct {
 		Password string
 	}
 	SheetsDirectory string
+	ConfigDirectory string
 }
 
 var AppConfig *Config
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func Load() {
 	cfg.Admin.Password = getEnv("ADMIN_PASSWORD", "sheetless")
 
 	cfg.SheetsDirectory = getEnv("SHEETS_DIRECTORY", "./sheets_directory")
+	cfg.ConfigDirectory = getEnv("CONFIG_DIRECTORY", "./config_directory")
 
 	AppConfig = cfg
 }
diff --git a/src/database/connection.go b/src/database/connection.go
index 60b401b..cea7d64 100644
--- a/src/database/connection.go
+++ b/src/database/connection.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package database
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sheetless-server/config"
 	"sheetless-server/models"
 
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ var DB *gorm.DB
 func InitDatabase() {
 	var err error
 
-	DB, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open("sheetless.db"), &gorm.Config{})
+	databaseFile := filepath.Join(config.AppConfig.ConfigDirectory, "sheetless.db")
+	DB, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(databaseFile), &gorm.Config{})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Failed to connect to database:", err)
 	}