From f96676d946b430c63744eb876b0d031428e341e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KingKDot <why_are_you_looking_at_this@stoppeeping.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 17:24:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] if mutex fails to initialize, continue.

---
 Overlord-Client/cmd/agent/main.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Overlord-Client/cmd/agent/main.go b/Overlord-Client/cmd/agent/main.go
index bbd2dcb..63287bc 100644
--- a/Overlord-Client/cmd/agent/main.go
+++ b/Overlord-Client/cmd/agent/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ func main() {
 	releaseMutex, ok, err := mutex.Acquire(cfg.Mutex)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[mutex] failed to initialize mutex: %v", err)
-		return
+		log.Printf("[mutex] continuing without mutex protection")
+		releaseMutex = func() {}
+		ok = true
 	}
 	if !ok {
 		log.Printf("[mutex] another instance is already running; exiting")