From 7f0498fc846ca1838a906fc8da0a49ce2037a637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <m@mjfs.us>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 22:02:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve config loading flow and table column width

---
 index.ts               |  8 ++++----
 src/config/index.ts    | 19 +++++++++++++------
 src/render/markdown.ts |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 91a8ffd..4a88d6f 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ async function main() {
   const modelFlag = args.model ?? args.m;
   const configFlag = args.config ?? args.c;
 
-  const config = await loadConfig();
+  const config = await loadConfig(configFlag);
 
-  const model = modelFlag ?? config.model;
-
-  if (configFlag) {
+  if (configFlag || !config) {
     await initConfig(config);
     return;
   }
 
+  const model = modelFlag ?? config.model;
+
   const renderer = new Renderer(plainOut, plainErr);
 
   const provider = createOpenAICompatible({
diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index 40664c9..7b7193c 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ export interface AppConfig {
   model: string;
 }
 
-export async function initConfig(old?: AppConfig): Promise<AppConfig> {
+export async function initConfig(old: AppConfig | null): Promise<AppConfig> {
+  console.log();
   intro(chalk.blue("Welcome to LMC. Let's make a new config!"));
+
   const baseURL = await text({
     message: "What's your base URL:",
-    initialValue: old?.baseURL,
-    defaultValue: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1",
-    placeholder: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1",
+    defaultValue: old?.baseURL ?? "http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1",
+    placeholder: old?.baseURL ?? "http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1",
   });
   if (isCancel(baseURL)) process.exit(1);
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export async function initConfig(old?: AppConfig): Promise<AppConfig> {
   const config = { baseURL, model } satisfies AppConfig;
 
   await configFile.write(JSON.stringify(config, null, "  "));
+
   outro(chalk.green("Configuration saved!"));
 
   return config;
@@ -52,12 +54,17 @@ async function getModels(url: string) {
   return models.data.map((model) => ({ value: model.id }));
 }
 
-export async function loadConfig(): Promise<AppConfig> {
+export async function loadConfig(
+  configFlag: boolean | undefined,
+): Promise<AppConfig | null> {
   let config: AppConfig;
   try {
     config = await configFile.json();
   } catch {
-    config = await initConfig();
+    if (configFlag) return null;
+    console.error(`Config not found at ${configFile.name}`);
+    return null;
   }
+
   return config;
 }
diff --git a/src/render/markdown.ts b/src/render/markdown.ts
index 701f9ea..565193b 100644
--- a/src/render/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/render/markdown.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
         .header(header)
         .body(body)
         .border()
-        .maxColWidth(Math.floor(columns / header.length) - 3)
+        .maxColWidth(Math.floor(columns / header.length) - header.length)
         .toString();
       header = [];
       body = [];