swapped to a new db locally hosted

discord-bot/commands/setup-autorole.js

@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ module.exports = {
     .setName('setup-autorole')
     .setDescription('Interactively set up the autorole for this server.'),
   async execute(interaction) {
-    const db = readDb();
     const guildId = interaction.guildId;
 
-    if (!db[guildId]) {
-      db[guildId] = {};
-    }
-
     const roleSelect = new RoleSelectMenuBuilder()
       .setCustomId('autorole_role_select')
       .setPlaceholder('Select the role to assign on join.');
@@ -45,11 +40,20 @@ module.exports = {
         return;
       }
       
-      db[guildId].autorole = {
-        enabled: true,
-        roleId: roleId,
-      };
-      writeDb(db);
+      // persist to backend
+      try {
+        const api = require('../api');
+        const existing = await api.getServerSettings(guildId) || {};
+        existing.autorole = { enabled: true, roleId };
+        await api.upsertServerSettings(guildId, existing);
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Error persisting autorole to backend, falling back to local:', e);
+        const { readDb, writeDb } = require('../../backend/db.js');
+        const db = readDb();
+        if (!db[guildId]) db[guildId] = {};
+        db[guildId].autorole = { enabled: true, roleId };
+        writeDb(db);
+      }
 
       await roleConfirmation.update({
         content: `Autorole setup complete! New members will be assigned the **${role.name}** role.`,