From 25250527793eb04bb60f103abe7f06370b9f6e1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaxry <vaxry@vaxry.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 20:27:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] start: avoid crash in dtor after forceQuit

---
 start/src/core/Instance.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/start/src/core/Instance.cpp b/start/src/core/Instance.cpp
index 2ff53279..c89d9d0b 100644
--- a/start/src/core/Instance.cpp
+++ b/start/src/core/Instance.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void CHyprlandInstance::runHyprlandThread(bool safeMode) {
 void CHyprlandInstance::forceQuit() {
     m_hyprlandExiting = true;
     kill(m_hlPid, SIGTERM); // gracefully, can get stuck but it's unlikely
+
+    m_hlThread.join(); // needs this otherwise can crash
 }
 
 void CHyprlandInstance::clearFd(const Hyprutils::OS::CFileDescriptor& fd) {