From 8720a172861f5004318725edebc7a54c3efc560d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Rivera <tomas.riveral@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:33:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] CI: fix immediate crash

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml |  4 ++--
 src/utils.c                | 16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ca318e3..be8977a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
           pkg-config \
           libcjson-dev \
           libncurses-dev \
-          git
-
+          git \
+          neovim
     - name: Build
       run: make
 
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 28c7316..c473bb1 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "unistd.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 const char *supportedEditor[] = {"helix", "jed", "kakoune", "micro", "nano", "neovim", "vi", "vim"};
 const int numEditors = 8;
@@ -112,17 +114,25 @@ static void ensureDir(const char *path, const int shouldDebug) {
 }
 
 void initAppFilesAndDirs(const char *home, const int shouldDebug) {
+    // sometimes .cache and .config doesn't exist. Such as with github actions machines
     char config_dir[PATH_MAX];
     char cache_dir[PATH_MAX];
-
+    
     snprintf(config_dir, sizeof(config_dir),
-             "%s/.config/notewrapper", home);
+             "%s/.config/", home);
 
     snprintf(cache_dir, sizeof(cache_dir),
-             "%s/.cache/notewrapper", home);
+             "%s/.cache/", home);
 
     ensureDir(config_dir, shouldDebug);
     ensureDir(cache_dir, shouldDebug);
+    
+    strncat(config_dir, "notewrapper/", PATH_MAX);
+    strncat(cache_dir, "notewrapper/", PATH_MAX);
+
+    ensureDir(config_dir, shouldDebug);
+    ensureDir(cache_dir, shouldDebug);
+ 
 
     char config_file[PATH_MAX+12];
     snprintf(config_file, sizeof(config_file), "%s/config.json", config_dir);