From 1c6526e88ba37cfd3d5f115ba29de291ef030360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robin <me@robinwobin.dev>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:26:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] main: init fern in main

---
 src/main.zig | 9 +++++++--
 src/root.zig | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f8ee772..0e704f4 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -29,10 +29,15 @@ pub fn main(init: process.Init) !void {
 
     const config: maivi.Config = try .init(init.io, init.arena, init.environ_map);
 
+    try fern.init(init.io, init.gpa, .{
+        .level = config.log_level,
+    });
+    defer fern.deinit();
+
     if (!maivi.dev)
-        maivi.rev = init.environ_map.get("MAIVI_REV") orelse rev_str(init.io, init.gpa, config.root) catch
+        maivi.rev = init.environ_map.get("MAIVI_REV") orelse rev_str(init.io, init.gpa, config.root) catch |e|
             blk: {
-                std.log.warn("version info cannot be retrieved from git. version must be provided using MAIVI_REV", .{});
+                fern.warn().msg("version info cannot be retrieved from git. version must be provided using MAIVI_REV").err(e).log();
                 break :blk null;
             };
     defer if (maivi.rev) |rev| init.gpa.free(rev);
diff --git a/src/root.zig b/src/root.zig
index 3c7c374..a4ac8c6 100644
--- a/src/root.zig
+++ b/src/root.zig
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ pub fn init(init_io: Io, init_allocator: Allocator, cfg: *const Config) !void {
     luaruntime = build or dev;
     config = cfg;
 
-    try fern.init(io, allocator, .{
-        .level = config.log_level,
-    });
-    errdefer fern.deinit();
-
     fern.debug().ctx("maivi.init")
         .str("root", config.root)
         .str("base_url", config.base_url)
@@ -75,7 +70,6 @@ pub fn init(init_io: Io, init_allocator: Allocator, cfg: *const Config) !void {
 
 pub fn deinit() void {
     fern.trace().ctx("maivi.deinit").log();
-    fern.deinit();
 
     router.deinit();
 
-- 
2.51.2