From c1c0d8d672323d4f83d19db4ea0e0bd26dba1d32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven van Ginkel <svenvanginkel@icloud.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:13:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix hub executable (#1193)

---
 internal/hub/update.go | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/hub/update.go b/internal/hub/update.go
index cf16ff17..3495e974 100644
--- a/internal/hub/update.go
+++ b/internal/hub/update.go
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ func Update(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	// Check if china-mirrors flag is set
 	useMirror, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("china-mirrors")
 
+	// Get the executable path before update
+	exePath, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	updated, err := ghupdate.Update(ghupdate.Config{
 		ArchiveExecutable: "beszel",
 		DataDir:           dataDir,
@@ -35,11 +41,8 @@ func Update(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	}
 
 	// make sure the file is executable
-	exePath, err := os.Executable()
-	if err == nil {
-		if err := os.Chmod(exePath, 0755); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("Warning: failed to set executable permissions: %v\n", err)
-		}
+	if err := os.Chmod(exePath, 0755); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Warning: failed to set executable permissions: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	// Try to restart the service if it's running