From f6871dd61b42577c75a46a4f5173955467e459fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kroese <kroese@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:52:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Clear invalid PID values in shared reader (#1336)

---
 src/utils.sh | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.sh b/src/utils.sh
index 7c82b62..9a79033 100644
--- a/src/utils.sh
+++ b/src/utils.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ readPidFile() {
 
   _pid=$(<"$file")
 
-  [[ "$_pid" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]
+  if [[ ! "$_pid" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
+    _pid=""
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  return 0
 }
 
 hasFlag() {