we're about to port the chrome-extension. everything else mostly works

backend/database.js

@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const dbPath = process.env.DB_PATH || path.join(__dirname, 'data', 'jackbox.db');
 const dbDir = path.dirname(dbPath);
 
-// Ensure data directory exists
-if (!fs.existsSync(dbDir)) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(dbDir, { recursive: true });
+// Ensure data directory exists with proper permissions
+try {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dbDir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(dbDir, { recursive: true, mode: 0o777 });
+  }
+  // Also ensure the directory is writable
+  fs.accessSync(dbDir, fs.constants.W_OK);
+} catch (err) {
+  console.error(`Error with database directory ${dbDir}:`, err.message);
+  console.error('Please ensure the directory exists and is writable');
+  process.exit(1);
 }
 
 const db = new Database(dbPath);
@@ -56,10 +64,41 @@ function initializeDatabase() {
       game_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
       played_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
       manually_added INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+      status TEXT DEFAULT 'played',
       FOREIGN KEY (session_id) REFERENCES sessions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
       FOREIGN KEY (game_id) REFERENCES games(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
     )
   `);
+  
+  // Add status column if it doesn't exist (for existing databases)
+  try {
+    db.exec(`ALTER TABLE session_games ADD COLUMN status TEXT DEFAULT 'played'`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Column already exists, ignore error
+  }
+
+  // Add favor_bias column to games if it doesn't exist
+  try {
+    db.exec(`ALTER TABLE games ADD COLUMN favor_bias INTEGER DEFAULT 0`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Column already exists, ignore error
+  }
+
+  // Packs table for pack-level favoriting
+  db.exec(`
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS packs (
+      id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+      name TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+      favor_bias INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+      created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    )
+  `);
+
+  // Populate packs table with unique pack names from games
+  db.exec(`
+    INSERT OR IGNORE INTO packs (name)
+    SELECT DISTINCT pack_name FROM games
+  `);
 
   // Chat logs table
   db.exec(`