From 5b1fa185f783305639fa762c1790feebbf60b8ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <you@example.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:30:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] .

---
 thrower_daemon/install.sh                | 18 ++++++++++++------
 thrower_daemon/superball-thrower.service |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/thrower_daemon/install.sh b/thrower_daemon/install.sh
index 3a8f708..bced410 100755
--- a/thrower_daemon/install.sh
+++ b/thrower_daemon/install.sh
@@ -62,22 +62,28 @@ NPM_VERSION=$(npm --version)
 echo "✅ Node.js $NODE_VERSION installed"
 echo "✅ npm $NPM_VERSION installed"
 
-# Create system-wide symlinks for Node.js and npm
-echo "🔗 Creating system-wide Node.js symlinks..."
+# Copy Node.js binaries to system-wide location
+echo "📋 Installing Node.js binaries system-wide..."
 NODE_PATH=$(which node)
 NPM_PATH=$(which npm)
 
 if [ -n "$NODE_PATH" ] && [ -x "$NODE_PATH" ]; then
-    sudo ln -sf "$NODE_PATH" /usr/local/bin/node
-    echo "✅ Node.js symlink created: /usr/local/bin/node -> $NODE_PATH"
+    # Remove any existing symlinks first
+    sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/node
+    sudo cp "$NODE_PATH" /usr/local/bin/node
+    sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/node
+    echo "✅ Node.js binary copied to /usr/local/bin/node"
 else
     echo "❌ Failed to find Node.js executable"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$NPM_PATH" ] && [ -x "$NPM_PATH" ]; then
-    sudo ln -sf "$NPM_PATH" /usr/local/bin/npm
-    echo "✅ npm symlink created: /usr/local/bin/npm -> $NPM_PATH"
+    # Remove any existing symlinks first
+    sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/npm
+    sudo cp "$NPM_PATH" /usr/local/bin/npm
+    sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/npm
+    echo "✅ npm binary copied to /usr/local/bin/npm"
 else
     echo "❌ Failed to find npm executable"
     exit 1
diff --git a/thrower_daemon/superball-thrower.service b/thrower_daemon/superball-thrower.service
index b7c554b..829c8ea 100644
--- a/thrower_daemon/superball-thrower.service
+++ b/thrower_daemon/superball-thrower.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Type=simple
 User=superball-thrower
 Group=superball-thrower
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/superball-thrower
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node daemon.js
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node daemon.js start
 Environment=PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=10