From 646a9220c9a10ac1d27d41e272e2de5780a80247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Phillips <unipheas@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 12:01:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for UnicodeDecodeError on Macbook

added `load_dotenv=False` to app.run to resolve UnicodeDecodeError
---
 app.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 0f626c5..74e8301 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -349,4 +349,11 @@ def main() -> None:
     print("Press Ctrl+C to stop")
     print()
 
-    app.run(host=args.host, port=args.port, debug=args.debug, threaded=True)
+# Avoid loading a global ~/.env when running the script directly.
+    app.run(
+        host=args.host,
+        port=args.port,
+        debug=args.debug,
+        threaded=True,
+        load_dotenv=False,
+    )
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