From 4b404a2b193b4637e9ccb06f1ac34e2cb133837b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: webbrain-one <295484252+webbrain-one@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:12:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix AttributeError when ALWAYS_REPLY is None

Check for None before calling .lower() to prevent crashes when the
variable is unset. Closes #41
---
 discordbot.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/discordbot.py b/discordbot.py
index 191d37f..37d15a2 100644
--- a/discordbot.py
+++ b/discordbot.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     bot.endpoint = bot.endpoint.split("/api")[0]
 bot.chatlog_dir = "chatlog_dir"
 bot.endpoint_connected = False
-bot.always_reply = ALWAYS_REPLY.lower() == "t"
+bot.always_reply = (ALWAYS_REPLY or "T").lower() == "t"
 print(f"ALWAYS_REPLY: {bot.always_reply}")
 bot.channel_id = CHANNEL_ID
 bot.num_lines_to_keep = int(CHAT_HISTORY_LINE_LIMIT)