From e26fd7a3fccaf8442e7681506bd660cdce5a509e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Holloway <derek@mistox.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:57:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make work for both debug and live

---
 WebServer/Controllers/PythonInterop.cs | 11 ++++-------
 WebServer/Program.cs                   |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/WebServer/Controllers/PythonInterop.cs b/WebServer/Controllers/PythonInterop.cs
index 58417707..87ea3ea4 100644
--- a/WebServer/Controllers/PythonInterop.cs
+++ b/WebServer/Controllers/PythonInterop.cs
@@ -4,18 +4,15 @@ namespace PythonInterop {
     
     public class AIModule {
 
-        public AIModule(string PythonPath = "/usr/local/lib/libpython3.11.so") {
+        public AIModule(string PythonPathBase = "/usr/local/", string PythonVersion = "python3.11") {
             // Use the user provided python runner
-            Runtime.PythonDLL = PythonPath;
-
-            string baseDir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
-            string pythonFiles = Path.Combine(baseDir, "AIPython");
+            Runtime.PythonDLL = PythonPathBase + $"lib/lib{PythonVersion}.so";
 
             // Use our local environment for the python libraries
-            PythonEngine.PythonHome = "/usr/local";
+            PythonEngine.PythonHome = PythonPathBase;
 
             // Include all the paths for python packages most importantly our venv
-            PythonEngine.PythonPath = $"/usr/local/lib/python3.11:/usr/local/lib/python3.11/lib-dynload:/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages:{pythonFiles}";
+            PythonEngine.PythonPath = $"{PythonPathBase}lib/{PythonVersion}:{PythonPathBase}lib/{PythonVersion}/lib-dynload:{PythonPathBase}lib/{PythonVersion}/site-packages:{Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "AIPython")}";
 
             // Initiilize python
             PythonEngine.Initialize();
diff --git a/WebServer/Program.cs b/WebServer/Program.cs
index ba477ac6..a12c2d88 100644
--- a/WebServer/Program.cs
+++ b/WebServer/Program.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment()) {
     app.UseHsts();
 }
 
-// Load the module in globally
-AIModule interopModule = new AIModule();
+// Load the module in globally and use correct path for local or docker runners
+#if DEBUG
+    AIModule interopModule = new AIModule(PythonPathBase: "/usr/", PythonVersion: "python3.11");
+#else
+    AIModule interopModule = new AIModule();
+#endif
 
 // Run this for testing purposes
 interopModule.TestAI();