From e3e1671d0e8cce0522ed5bb39f87049cb4b157c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nitin Kumar <nknitinkumar12384@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 10:50:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add et null check to prevent crash

---
 src/internal/function.go | 2 +-
 src/internal/model.go    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/internal/function.go b/src/internal/function.go
index 1ceadbb2..327c787c 100644
--- a/src/internal/function.go
+++ b/src/internal/function.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (m *model) returnMetaData() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if Config.Metadata && checkIsSymlinked.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
+	if Config.Metadata && checkIsSymlinked.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 && et != nil {
 
 		fileInfos := et.ExtractMetadata(filePath)
 
diff --git a/src/internal/model.go b/src/internal/model.go
index ec8503bb..ad944807 100644
--- a/src/internal/model.go
+++ b/src/internal/model.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func (m *model) getFilePanelItems() {
 // the path in state direcotory
 func (m *model) quitSuperfile() {
 	// close exiftool session
-	if Config.Metadata {
+	if Config.Metadata && et != nil {
 		et.Close()
 	}
 	// cd on quit