From 7b1f318916268a20ecbdf44143ac48c08c6f5386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Bedeleanu <bede@tfm.ro>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:40:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve venv creation with error checking and proper
 validation

---
 start_server.sh | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/start_server.sh b/start_server.sh
index bf9e6605..c3ae1cfe 100755
--- a/start_server.sh
+++ b/start_server.sh
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ pkill -f "next-server" || true
 pkill -f "local-ssl-proxy" || true
 
 # 2. Setup/Activate Virtual Environment
-if [ ! -d ".venv" ]; then
+if [ ! -f ".venv/bin/activate" ]; then
     echo "🌑 Creating virtual environment (.venv)..."
-    python3 -m venv .venv
+    rm -rf .venv
+    python3 -m venv .venv || { echo "❌ Failed to create venv"; exit 1; }
 fi
-source .venv/bin/activate
+source .venv/bin/activate || { echo "❌ Failed to activate venv"; exit 1; }
 
 # 3. Check and Install Backend Dependencies
 echo "📦 Updating Python dependencies..."