Fix color extraction and image cache setup in development

Move `ensureImageDirs` outside the production-only block so the local
image cache directories are created in dev mode too. Update
`extractAndStoreColors` to download the poster if it isn't cached yet
instead of falling back to a direct TMDB CDN URL, keeping color
extraction consistent with the server-side image routing approach. Add
`/data` to `.gitignore` to avoid committing the local cache directory.

.env.example

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SQLite database URL (Docker: file:/data/sqlite.db, local dev: file:sqlite.db)
-DATABASE_URL=file:sqlite.db
+DATABASE_URL=file:./data/sqlite.db
 
 # TMDB API Read Access Token — get one at https://www.themoviedb.org/settings/api
 TMDB_API_READ_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_tmdb_api_read_access_token_here
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
 
 # Image caching — downloads TMDB images to local disk for faster serving
 # Set to "false" to disable and use TMDB CDN directly (default: enabled)
+IMAGE_CACHE_DIR=./data/images
 # IMAGE_CACHE_ENABLED=false
-# IMAGE_CACHE_DIR=/data/images

.gitignore

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 # production
 /build
+/data
 
 # misc
 .DS_Store

drizzle.config.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
   schema: "./lib/db/schema.ts",
   out: "./drizzle",
   dbCredentials: {
-    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL ?? "file:sqlite.db",
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL ?? "file:./data/sqlite.db",
   },
 });

instrumentation.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ export async function onRequestError() {
 
 export async function register() {
   if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === "nodejs") {
-    // Run database migrations on startup
+    // Ensure image cache directories exist (all environments)
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
-      const { runMigrations } = await import("@/lib/db/migrate");
-      await runMigrations();
-
-      // Ensure image cache directories exist
     const { ensureImageDirs, imageCacheEnabled } = await import(
       "@/lib/services/image-cache"
     );
@@ -17,6 +12,11 @@ export async function register() {
       ensureImageDirs();
     }
 
+    // Run database migrations on startup
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
+      const { runMigrations } = await import("@/lib/db/migrate");
+      await runMigrations();
+
       const { initJobs } = await import("@/lib/jobs/init");
       initJobs();
 

lib/db/client.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const globalForDb = globalThis as unknown as {
 
 if (!globalForDb._client) {
   globalForDb._client = createClient({
-    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL ?? "file:sqlite.db",
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL ?? "file:./data/sqlite.db",
   });
   globalForDb._client.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL");
   globalForDb._client.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON");

lib/services/colors.ts

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { Vibrant } from "node-vibrant/node";
 import { db } from "@/lib/db/client";
 import { titles } from "@/lib/db/schema";
 import {
+  downloadAndCacheImage,
   getLocalImagePath,
   imageCacheEnabled,
   isImageCached,
 } from "@/lib/services/image-cache";
-import { tmdbImageUrl } from "@/lib/tmdb/image";
 
 export interface ColorPalette {
   vibrant: string | null;
@@ -25,15 +25,18 @@ export async function extractAndStoreColors(
 ): Promise<ColorPalette | null> {
   if (!posterPath) return null;
 
-  // Prefer local file when image cache is active
+  // Use local cached image, downloading first if needed
   let source: string;
   const filename = path.basename(posterPath);
-  if (imageCacheEnabled() && isImageCached("posters", filename)) {
+  if (imageCacheEnabled()) {
+    if (!isImageCached("posters", filename)) {
+      await downloadAndCacheImage(posterPath, "posters");
+    }
     source = getLocalImagePath("posters", filename);
   } else {
-    const url = tmdbImageUrl(posterPath, "w300");
+    const baseUrl =
-    if (!url) return null;
+      process.env.TMDB_IMAGE_BASE_URL || "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p";
-    source = url;
+    source = `${baseUrl}/w300${posterPath}`;
   }
 
   try {