From 4025f038269c09bd78e611657b228039948271c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristian <10348902@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:58:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] template path fix (#48)

---
 core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go         | 5 +++++
 persistence/store/vault_store.go                  | 3 ++-
 test/test_integration/create_note_handler_test.go | 2 +-
 test/test_integration/main_test.go                | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go b/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go
index 488476a..4eed265 100644
--- a/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go
+++ b/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package vault
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/services"
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ func (h InitializeHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (any
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if cmd.Config.VaultPath == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("vault_path is empty — check your dendrite.nvim config")
+	}
+
 	store := store.NewVaultStore(
 		cmd.Config.VaultName,
 		cmd.Config.VaultPath,
diff --git a/persistence/store/vault_store.go b/persistence/store/vault_store.go
index c52a5b7..fe21286 100644
--- a/persistence/store/vault_store.go
+++ b/persistence/store/vault_store.go
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ func GetVaultStore() *VaultStore {
 
 func (vs *VaultStore) GetTemplatePath(templateName string) string {
 	templateName = vs.fileTypeCheck(templateName)
-	return path.Join(vs.Config.TemplateDirectory(), templateName)
+	path := path.Join(vs.Config.VaultPath(), vs.Config.TemplateDirectory(), templateName)
+	return path
 }
 
 func (vs *VaultStore) fileTypeCheck(templateName string) string {
diff --git a/test/test_integration/create_note_handler_test.go b/test/test_integration/create_note_handler_test.go
index f9a1465..1fd4a10 100644
--- a/test/test_integration/create_note_handler_test.go
+++ b/test/test_integration/create_note_handler_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestCreateNoteHandler_WithTemplate_CreatesNoteFileWithTagsAndReturnsPath(t
 	handler := newCreateNoteHandler()
 
 	vaultPath := Fixture.VaultStore.Config.VaultPath()
-	templateDir := Fixture.VaultStore.Config.TemplateDirectory()
+	templateDir := filepath.Join(Fixture.VaultStore.Config.VaultPath(), Fixture.VaultStore.Config.TemplateDirectory())
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(templateDir, 0o755))
 
 	templatePath := filepath.Join(templateDir, "template.md")
diff --git a/test/test_integration/main_test.go b/test/test_integration/main_test.go
index 5af9bb8..ddda979 100644
--- a/test/test_integration/main_test.go
+++ b/test/test_integration/main_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func NewDBFixture() *DBFixture {
 		DB:          dbContext.DB,
 		DBPath:      dbPath,
 		TestContext: context.Background(),
-		VaultStore:  store.NewVaultStore("testVault", vaultPath, path.Join(vaultPath, "templates"), []string{}, false, "", "", ""),
+		VaultStore:  store.NewVaultStore("testVault", vaultPath, "templates", []string{}, false, "", "", ""),
 	}
 }