From cbccd4c5f6ac7c12b4875435c9365d162b9c8f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aclist <92275929+aclist@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:04:18 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix: defer flock action until GUI is loaded

---
 dzgui/app_init.py | 6 ++++++
 dzgui/main.py     | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dzgui/app_init.py b/dzgui/app_init.py
index d468ae7..078f1f3 100644
--- a/dzgui/app_init.py
+++ b/dzgui/app_init.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from dzgui.init.migrate import (
     copy_state_files,
     migrate_cols_file,
 )
+from dzgui.init.flock import lock_acquire
 from dzgui.init.prereqs import has_steam_client
 from dzgui.strings import boot
 
@@ -31,10 +32,12 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 
+
 # TODO: profile load time
 def make_parents(path: "Path") -> None:
     path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
+
 def setup_logger(log_path: "Path") -> None:
     _format = (
         "%(asctime)s␞%(levelname)s␞%(filename)s::%(funcName)s::%(lineno)s␞%(message)s"
@@ -46,7 +49,10 @@ def setup_logger(log_path: "Path") -> None:
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     logger.addHandler(fh)
 
+
 def load_gui(version: str, is_debug: bool) -> None:
+    lock = lock_acquire()  # noqa
+
     set_locale()
     # NOTE: consider aborting this check if steam deck
     xdg_paths = get_xdg_paths()
diff --git a/dzgui/main.py b/dzgui/main.py
index c8357a5..2deeba5 100644
--- a/dzgui/main.py
+++ b/dzgui/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import sys
 import warnings
 
 from dzgui.const.constants import APP_NAME
-from dzgui.init.flock import lock_acquire
 from dzgui.init.libgi import test_libgi_missing
 from dzgui.init.prefix import get_version
 from dzgui.util.strings import flags
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ def uninstall() -> None:
 
 
 def main() -> None:
-    lock = lock_acquire()  # noqa
-
     if args.version is True:
         print(get_version())
         sys.exit(0)