From 30c81257fa3882376111ec03637bd6f517500908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Abendshien <46939827+CyanVoxel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:24:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: revert update check order

---
 src/tagstudio/core/ts_core.py | 2 ++
 src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tagstudio/core/ts_core.py b/src/tagstudio/core/ts_core.py
index 752e1d4a..11b103b9 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/ts_core.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/ts_core.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class TagStudioCore:
     @lru_cache(maxsize=1)
     def get_most_recent_release_version() -> str | None:
         """Get the version of the most recent GitHub release."""
+        logger.info("[Core] Checking for updates...")
+
         try:
             resp = requests.get(
                 "https://api.github.com/repos/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/latest"
diff --git a/src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py b/src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py
index 5db80e63..f138dafd 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ class QtDriver(DriverMixin, QObject):
 
         self.main_window.search_field.setFocus()
 
-        self.app.exec()
         self.check_for_update()
+        self.app.exec()
         self.shutdown()
 
     def show_error_message(self, error_name: str, error_desc: str | None = None):