From ac5b61eef32953ea1736dcbc6f9cc665daf4ab88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: viktech <vikrez2021@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:34:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Serverless Detection & Overrides

---
 src/lib/storage.ts | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/storage.ts b/src/lib/storage.ts
index 35a063d..ba93b6f 100644
--- a/src/lib/storage.ts
+++ b/src/lib/storage.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import { Low } from 'lowdb'
 import { JSONFile } from 'lowdb/node'
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { homedir } from 'os'
+import { homedir, tmpdir } from 'os'
 import { mkdirSync } from 'fs'
 import type { Database } from '../modules/types'
 
-const DATA_DIR = join(homedir(), '.xrithm')
-const DB_PATH = join(DATA_DIR, 'db.json')
+let DATA_DIR =
+  process.env.XRITHM_DATA_DIR ||
+  (process.env.VERCEL || process.env.LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT
+    ? join(tmpdir(), '.xrithm')
+    : join(homedir(), '.xrithm'))
+let DB_PATH = join(DATA_DIR, 'db.json')
 
 const defaultData: Database = {
   config: {},
@@ -42,7 +46,18 @@ function mergeDefaults(data?: Database): Database {
 
 export async function getDB(): Promise<Low<Database>> {
   if (!db) {
-    mkdirSync(DATA_DIR, { recursive: true })
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(DATA_DIR, { recursive: true })
+    } catch (err) {
+      const tempDir = join(tmpdir(), '.xrithm')
+      if (DATA_DIR !== tempDir) {
+        DATA_DIR = tempDir
+        DB_PATH = join(DATA_DIR, 'db.json')
+        mkdirSync(DATA_DIR, { recursive: true })
+      } else {
+        throw err
+      }
+    }
     const adapter = new JSONFile<Database>(DB_PATH)
     db = new Low(adapter, defaultData)
     await db.read()