From 4e56da2c65ce4627710022201ae6c44b670ecb64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cato447 <simon@bussmann.es>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:34:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] finished deployment

---
 description.yml | 14 ++++++--------
 solve.py        |  7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/description.yml b/description.yml
index 0822aee..aca0340 100644
--- a/description.yml
+++ b/description.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-mosaic: # replace with actual short name
+mosaic:
    name: "mega obfuscated secure advanced information communication"
-   author: "cato447" # will be displayed on CTFd
-   # Estimated difficulty
+   author: "cato447"
    difficulty: easy
    description: "The TAs creating the endterm exam have suffered in the past from leaked drafts.
 To protect themselves against further leaks they invented the *mega obfuscated secure advanced information communication* (mosaic) system.
@@ -10,14 +9,13 @@ We found a QR-Code that was not disposed properly in a waste bin.
 Can you decipher the email?
 Hint: 
 1. The mosaic algorithm adds decoy fake data to the QR-Code. It is mega secure after all!
-2. Save yourself from the headache of searching for QR-Code libraries: https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/pyzbar"
+2. Save yourself from the headache of searching for QR-Code libraries. My solution uses: https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/pyzbar"
    category: misc
    flag:
        content: "h4tum{sm4ll_key_spac3s_are_deadly}"
        dynamic: true
-   files: dynamic # dynamic requires a gen_files script
+   files: dynamic
    dependencies:
      type: debian
-     system: ["python3", "libzbar0"] 
-     python: ["pillow", "qrcode", "pyzbar", "numpy", "tqdm"]
-   check: "python3 solve.py"
+     system: ["python3"] 
+     python: ["pillow", "qrcode"]
diff --git a/solve.py b/solve.py
index a8420b1..fa1531e 100644
--- a/solve.py
+++ b/solve.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def solve_combo(combo):
     return None
 
 
-def main(img_path="files/secret_message.png", verbose=True):
+def main(img_path="./output/secret_message.png", verbose=True):
     img = Image.open(img_path)
     global new_image
     new_image = Image.new("RGB", (img.height, img.height))
@@ -144,5 +144,8 @@ def main(img_path="files/secret_message.png", verbose=True):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        main(sys.argv[1])
+    else:
+        main()