From 302d93a0489d2e4f2dc83b04622a713547e690b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nayan <33187059+GShadow5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:28:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add check for running server when starting new server

---
 README.md   | 2 +-
 bot.py      | 5 +++++
 config.json | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a665e4d..2c8ff55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Commands:
 !ping - Pings the bot
 
 -Add currently running server variable
-Add running server check to prevent multiple servers running
+-Add running server check to prevent multiple servers running
 -Add list command to see currently running servers
 -Add server stop command
 -Add server command command
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 18d30a3..3fbee1a 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ async def startserver(ctx, *args):
         return
     servername = args[0]
 
+    # Check if the server is already running
+    if active_server is not None:
+        await ctx.send("A server is already running. If you think this is an error, run !list to refresh the list of servers and try again.")
+        return
+
     # Load server data from json
     with open('servers.json', 'r') as f:
         servers = json.load(f)
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 664b27f..1f12a09 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "config": {
-        "chat_channel": "minecraft",
-        "command_channel": "minecraft",
+        "chat_channel": "testchatchannel",
+        "command_channel": "testchatchannel",
         "command_prefix": "!"
     }
 }
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