From 563d09db89e37483e12a67707aa4d6402c1cf5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DazedAnon <dazedanon@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 08:10:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash

---
 gui/wolf_workflow_tab.py       |  3 +--
 tests/test_wolf_db_classify.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 util/wolfdawn/db_classify.py   |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gui/wolf_workflow_tab.py b/gui/wolf_workflow_tab.py
index ce1d364..d6cec27 100644
--- a/gui/wolf_workflow_tab.py
+++ b/gui/wolf_workflow_tab.py
@@ -1906,8 +1906,7 @@ class WolfWorkflowTab(QWidget):
         layout.addWidget(checked_btn)
 
         self._db_content_dist: wolf_db.ContentDistribution | None = None
-        self._refresh_db_discovery()
-
+        # Defer discovery until the step is shown - files/ may hold RPGMaker JSON.
     def _wolf_json_work_dir(self) -> Path | None:
         if not self._game_root:
             return None
diff --git a/tests/test_wolf_db_classify.py b/tests/test_wolf_db_classify.py
index 50b5d46..07f2059 100644
--- a/tests/test_wolf_db_classify.py
+++ b/tests/test_wolf_db_classify.py
@@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ class TestContentDistribution(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(dist.map_files, 1)
             self.assertEqual(dist.map_lines, 1)
 
+    def test_skips_rpgmaker_array_json(self):
+        """files/ may hold RPGMaker list JSON; must not crash Wolf discovery."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            base = Path(tmp)
+            (base / "Actors.json").write_text(
+                json.dumps([{"id": 1, "name": "Hero"}]),
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            (base / "DataBase.project.json").write_text(
+                json.dumps(NARRATIVE_DB, ensure_ascii=False),
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            dist = wdb.analyze_content_distribution(base)
+            self.assertGreater(dist.db_lines, 0)
+
     def test_discovery_summary_mentions_database(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             base = Path(tmp)
diff --git a/util/wolfdawn/db_classify.py b/util/wolfdawn/db_classify.py
index 722f7f0..0b75e66 100644
--- a/util/wolfdawn/db_classify.py
+++ b/util/wolfdawn/db_classify.py
@@ -183,10 +183,12 @@ def _count_json_lines(doc: dict[str, Any]) -> int:
 
 
 def _load_json(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    """Load a WolfDawn JSON object. Skip arrays / non-objects (e.g. RPGMaker files/)."""
     try:
-        return json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig"))
+        data = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig"))
     except Exception:
         return None
+    return data if isinstance(data, dict) else None
 
 
 @dataclass