From 40e4957c4612544dac30625626485a9b47376630 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BowDown097 <42720004+BowDown097@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:09:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix unsafe access to PATH

---
 auto_cpufreq/core.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/auto_cpufreq/core.py b/auto_cpufreq/core.py
index e79daaa..46fe0b4 100755
--- a/auto_cpufreq/core.py
+++ b/auto_cpufreq/core.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from auto_cpufreq.power_helper import *
 filterwarnings("ignore")
 
 # add path to auto-cpufreq executables for GUI
-os.environ["PATH"] += ":/usr/local/bin"
+os.environ["PATH"] = os.environ.get("PATH", "") + os.pathsep + "/usr/local/bin"
 
 # ToDo:
 # - replace get system/CPU load from: psutil.getloadavg() | available in 5.6.2)
@@ -896,4 +896,4 @@ def not_running_daemon_check():
         exit(1)
     elif IS_INSTALLED_WITH_SNAP and dcheck == "disabled":
         daemon_not_running_msg()
-        exit(1)
\ No newline at end of file
+        exit(1)