From 1de3c68fc66144178e797bc9f0220432b003422e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Zink <Richard Zink>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 10:25:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Wrap UI updates in try/catch so errors don't break the
 animation

---
 index.html | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b5adb1b..26a5c64 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ var weatherThemes = {
         }
 
         function updateDebug(t, palette, vantaColors, themeName) {
+            try {
             var now = new Date();
             var hh = now.getHours(), mm = now.getMinutes(), ss = now.getSeconds();
             document.getElementById('dbg-time').textContent =
@@ -968,28 +969,39 @@ var weatherThemes = {
                     document.getElementById(hid).textContent = '#' + ('00000' + vc.toString(16)).slice(-6);
                 }
             }
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.log('updateDebug error:', e);
+            }
         }
 
         function animate() {
-            var elapsed = (Date.now() - startTime) % CYCLE;
-            var t = elapsed / CYCLE;
-            var c = getColor(t);
-            c = applyWeatherTheme(c);
-            effect.setOptions({
-                skyColor: c.sky,
-                cloudColor: c.cloud,
-                lightColor: c.light,
-                backgroundColor: c.bg,
-                backgroundAlpha: 0,
-                speed: currentThemeSpeed
-            });
-            document.body.style.backgroundColor = '#' + ('00000' + c.sky.toString(16)).slice(-6);
-            updateDebug(t, null, c, currentWeatherThemeName);
+            try {
+                var elapsed = (Date.now() - startTime) % CYCLE;
+                var t = elapsed / CYCLE;
+                var c = getColor(t);
+                c = applyWeatherTheme(c);
+                effect.setOptions({
+                    skyColor: c.sky,
+                    cloudColor: c.cloud,
+                    lightColor: c.light,
+                    backgroundColor: c.bg,
+                    backgroundAlpha: 0,
+                    speed: currentThemeSpeed
+                });
+                document.body.style.backgroundColor = '#' + ('00000' + c.sky.toString(16)).slice(-6);
+                updateDebug(t, null, c, currentWeatherThemeName);
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.log('animate error:', e);
+            }
             requestAnimationFrame(animate);
         }
 
         function tick() {
-            updateClockAndEvents();
+            try {
+                updateClockAndEvents();
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.log('tick error:', e);
+            }
             setTimeout(tick, 1000);
         }
 
@@ -1168,10 +1180,11 @@ var weatherThemes = {
         }
 
         // Update weather every 15 minutes
+        animate();
+        tick();
+
         fetchWeather();
         setInterval(fetchWeather, 15 * 60 * 1000);
-
-        animate();
         tick();
     </script>
 </body>