From 98722fb28b7256bb4aad29a808c02006710ccab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 23:26:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Saving altered followers

---
 follow.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/follow.py b/follow.py
index 21b3f02b2..9878f3b17 100644
--- a/follow.py
+++ b/follow.py
@@ -1492,6 +1492,7 @@ def remove_follower(base_dir: str,
     except OSError:
         print('EX: remove_follower unable to read followers ' +
               followers_filename)
+        return False
     followers_list = followers_str.split('\n')
 
     handle = remove_nickname + '@' + remove_domain
@@ -1507,7 +1508,7 @@ def remove_follower(base_dir: str,
         return False
     try:
         with open(followers_filename, 'w+', encoding='utf-8') as fp_foll:
-            fp_foll.write(followers_str)
+            fp_foll.write(new_followers_str)
     except OSError:
         print('EX: remove_follower unable to write followers ' +
               followers_filename)