From a1a3db783cd184f7ca04449e27b6d6c0f1f59eba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cj <161484149+CJ-SPT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:33:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Explicitly handle socket exceptions (Multiple servers
 running)

---
 SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
index 443debc0..c7a991c7 100644
--- a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ public static class Program
         {
             await StartServer(args);
         }
+        catch (SocketException)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("=========================================================================================================");
+            Console.WriteLine("You have multiple servers running or another process using port 6969");
+            Console.WriteLine("=========================================================================================================");
+            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
+            Console.ReadLine();
+        }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
             Console.WriteLine("=========================================================================================================");