From 1f0991f695be3c10100d8839c6dfda3c22bc701c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex <clodanSPT@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 12:16:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent closing the server if an exception happens

---
 SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
index 60dce127..c5ba567e 100644
--- a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ namespace SPTarkov.Server;
 public static class Program
 {
     public static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await StartServer(args);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("=========================================================================================================");
+            Console.WriteLine("The server has unexpectedly stopped, please check your log files and reach out to #spt-support in discord");
+            Console.WriteLine(e);
+            Console.WriteLine("=========================================================================================================");
+            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
+            Console.ReadLine();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static async Task StartServer(string[] args)
     {
         Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
 
@@ -95,6 +112,7 @@ public static class Program
         {
             Console.WriteLine(ex);
             serverExceptionLogger.LogCritical(ex, "Critical exception, stopping server...");
+            throw;
         }
         finally
         {