had a friend download the .zip instead of cloning it which straight up broke the updater which is nice and perfect

assets/locales/en.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "not_cloned": "Goober is not cloned! Please clone it from GitHub.",
     "checks_disabled": "Checks are disabled!",
     "unhandled_exception": "An unhandled exception occurred. Please report this issue on GitHub.",
     "active_users:": "Active users:",

assets/locales/it.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "not_cloned": "Goober non è stato clonato! Clonalo da GitHub.",
     "checks_disabled": "I controlli sono disabilitati!",
     "unhandled_exception": "Si è verificata un'eccezione non gestita. Segnala questo problema su GitHub, per favore.",
     "active_users:": "Utenti attivi:",

modules/prestartchecks.py

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ except ImportError:
     psutilavaliable = False
     print(RED, _('missing_requests_psutil'), RESET)
 
+def iscloned():
+    if os.path.exists(".git"):
+        return True
+    else:
+        print(f"{RED}{(_('not_cloned'))}{RESET}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
 def check_missing_translations():
     if LOCALE == "en":
         print("Locale is English, skipping missing key check.")
@@ -277,6 +284,7 @@ def start_checks():
         print(f"{YELLOW}{(_('checks_disabled'))}{RESET}")
         return
     print(_('running_prestart_checks'))
+    iscloned()
     check_missing_translations()
     check_requirements()
     check_latency()