From 4a4adeb3c84cfb037eef0f3f74bae6167c477012 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominic Masters <dominic@domsplace.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 15:18:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Finally fixed linux asset weirdness

---
 src/dusklinux/asset/assetlinux.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dusklinux/asset/assetlinux.c b/src/dusklinux/asset/assetlinux.c
index f93ad1d8..30b3ae3c 100644
--- a/src/dusklinux/asset/assetlinux.c
+++ b/src/dusklinux/asset/assetlinux.c
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ errorret_t assetInitLinux(void) {
       // We found the directory, set as system path
       stringCopy(ASSET.platform.systemPath, buffer, ASSET_FILE_PATH_MAX);
     }
+  } else {
+    // Default system path, intended to be overridden by the platform
+    stringCopy(ASSET.platform.systemPath, ".", ASSET_FILE_PATH_MAX);
   }
 
-  // Default system path, intended to be overridden by the platform
-  stringCopy(ASSET.platform.systemPath, ".", ASSET_FILE_PATH_MAX);
-
   // Open zip file
   char_t searchPath[ASSET_FILE_PATH_MAX];
   const char_t **path = ASSET_LINUX_SEARCH_PATHS;
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ errorret_t assetInitLinux(void) {
       *path,
       ASSET_FILE_NAME
     );
+
     // Ensure combined length does not exceed ASSET_FILE_PATH_MAX
     size_t syslen = strlen(ASSET.platform.systemPath);
     size_t slashlen = 1; // for '/'
@@ -71,13 +72,13 @@ errorret_t assetInitLinux(void) {
       ASSET.platform.systemPath,
       temp
     );
+    printf("Try open asset file: %s\n", searchPath);
 
     // Try open
+    error = 0;
     ASSET.zip = zip_open(searchPath, ZIP_RDONLY, &error);
-    if(ASSET.zip == NULL) continue;
-    if(error != 0) {
+    if(ASSET.zip == NULL) {
       printf("Opened asset file with non-zero error code: %d\n", error);
-      ASSET.zip = NULL;
       continue;
     }
     break;// Found!