From af581a4def9a80f317906c31d332a131ce9eeb2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: H3ALY <ross@healy.xyz>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:16:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ob: type not registered for interface: map[string]string
 & superfluous response.WriteHeader, as well as wired up to go to custom 500
 messages.

---
 internal/handlers/account/signup.go   | 7 +++----
 internal/platform/bootstrap/loader.go | 8 +++++++-
 internal/platform/session/session.go  | 2 --
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/handlers/account/signup.go b/internal/handlers/account/signup.go
index de918b3..dbfd940 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/account/signup.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/account/signup.go
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ func SignupPost(c *gin.Context) {
 		AcceptTerms:     r.FormValue("accept_terms") == "on",
 	}
 
-	errors := validateRegisterForm(db, form)
-	if len(errors) > 0 {
+	errMap := validateRegisterForm(db, form)
+	if len(errMap) > 0 {
 		formMap := map[string]string{
 			"username": form.Username,
 			"email":    form.Email,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func SignupPost(c *gin.Context) {
 			}(),
 		}
 		sm.Put(r.Context(), "register.form", formMap)
-		sm.Put(r.Context(), "register.errors", errors)
+		sm.Put(r.Context(), "register.errors", errMap)
 		sm.Put(r.Context(), "flash", "Please fix the highlighted errors.")
 
 		c.Redirect(http.StatusSeeOther, "/account/signup")
@@ -153,6 +153,5 @@ func validateRegisterForm(db *sql.DB, f registerForm) map[string]string {
 }
 
 func looksLikeEmail(s string) bool {
-
 	return strings.Count(s, "@") == 1 && strings.Contains(s, ".")
 }
diff --git a/internal/platform/bootstrap/loader.go b/internal/platform/bootstrap/loader.go
index d3a0450..05fe724 100644
--- a/internal/platform/bootstrap/loader.go
+++ b/internal/platform/bootstrap/loader.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ package bootstrap
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -79,10 +80,15 @@ func Load(configPath string) (*App, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ensure schema: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	gob.Register(map[string]string{})
+	gob.Register([]string{})
+	gob.Register(time.Time{})
+
 	sessions := session.New(cfg)
 
 	router := gin.New()
-	router.Use(gin.Logger(), gin.Recovery())
+	//router.Use(gin.Logger(), gin.Recovery())
+	router.Use(gin.Logger())
 	router.Static("/static", "./web/static")
 	router.StaticFile("/favicon.ico", "./web/static/favicon.ico")
 
diff --git a/internal/platform/session/session.go b/internal/platform/session/session.go
index ebc2f77..d88f605 100644
--- a/internal/platform/session/session.go
+++ b/internal/platform/session/session.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package session
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func New(cfg config.Config) *scs.SessionManager {
-	gob.Register(time.Time{})
 	s := scs.New()
 
 	// Lifetime (absolute max age)