diff --git a/crowdbunker.sh b/crowdbunker.sh
index bbbc217..799cc54 100755
--- a/crowdbunker.sh
+++ b/crowdbunker.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ MY_PATH="`dirname \"$0\"`"              # relative
 MY_PATH="`( cd \"$MY_PATH\" && pwd )`"  # absolutized and normalized
 ME="${0##*/}"
 countMErunning=$(ps auxf --sort=+utime | grep -w "$ME" | grep -v -E 'color=auto|grep' | wc -l)
-[[ $countMErunning -gt 2 ]] && echo "$ME already running. EXIT." && exit 0
+[[ $countMErunning -gt 2 ]] && \
+    echo "$ME already running. Killing old process" && \
+    mekill==$(ps auxf --sort=+utime | grep -w "$ME" | grep -v -E 'color=auto|grep' | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $2 }') && \
+    kill -9 $mekill && \
+    exit 0
 
 TS=$(date -u +%s%N | cut -b1-13)
 MOATS=$(date -u +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S%4N")
@@ -23,7 +27,16 @@ MOATS=$(date -u +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S%4N")
 
 YOU=$(ps auxf --sort=+utime | grep -w ipfs | grep -v -E 'color=auto|grep' | tail -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1) || echo " warning ipfs daemon not running"
 isLAN=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 | cut -f3 -d '/' | grep -E "(^127\.)|(^192\.168\.)|(^fd42\:)|(^10\.)|(^172\.1[6-9]\.)|(^172\.2[0-9]\.)|(^172\.3[0-1]\.)|(^::1$)|(^[fF][cCdD])/")
-IPFSNODEID=$(cat ~/.ipfs/config | jq -r .Identity.PeerID)
+IPFSNODEID=$(ipfs id --timeout=1s | jq -r .ID)
+howmany=$(cat /tmp/ipfsbunk.timeout)
+if [[ ! $IPFSNODEID ]]; then
+    ## wait a howmany timeout before restarting ipfs
+    howmany=$((howmany + 1)) && echo $howmany > /tmp/ipfsbunk.timeout
+    [ $howmany -gt 3 ] && [[ -f /etc/sudoers.d/systemctl ]] && echo "IPFS NOT RUNNING $(date)" && rm /tmp/ipfsbunk.timeout && sudo systemctl stop ipfs && rm /config/ipfs/repo.lock && sudo systemctl start ipfs
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo 0 > /tmp/ipfsbunk.timeout
+fi
 
 IPFSNGW="https://tube.copylaradio.com"
 IPFSNGW="http://127.0.0.1:8080"