From a0ca60bc6f719cded4c7557c417cced0380c4f2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojtek <wojtek@grabski.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:41:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix MCP server exiting immediately after startup

---
 src/qmd.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/qmd.ts b/src/qmd.ts
index f508914..3d23541 100755
--- a/src/qmd.ts
+++ b/src/qmd.ts
@@ -2626,8 +2626,9 @@ if (import.meta.main) {
       process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  // Cleanup LlamaCpp instance to prevent NAPI crash on exit
-  await disposeDefaultLlamaCpp();
-  process.exit(0);
+  if (cli.command !== "mcp") {
+    await disposeDefaultLlamaCpp();
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
 
 } // end if (import.meta.main)