From e5b839886bc0288a240e752c1ef2070d124e19b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Themba Mahlangu <113313364+ThembaMahlangu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:31:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ensuring the countries are available on ui load

---
 server/main.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/main.lua b/server/main.lua
index b7eeb9e..1fe468f 100644
--- a/server/main.lua
+++ b/server/main.lua
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ QBCore.Functions.CreateCallback('qb-multicharacter:server:GetNumberOfCharacters'
     else
         numOfChars = Config.DefaultNumberOfCharacters
     end
-    cb(numOfChars, Countries)
+    
+    local countriesFile = LoadResourceFile(GetCurrentResourceName(), 'countries.json')
+    local countries = json.decode(countriesFile)
+    cb(numOfChars, countries)
 end)
 
 QBCore.Functions.CreateCallback('qb-multicharacter:server:setupCharacters', function(source, cb)