diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 1dbd5a0..540351c 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import with_statement
+import time
 from fabric.api import *
 
 env.repo = 'git://dev.dredd.it/dreddit-auth.git'
@@ -137,4 +138,5 @@ def restart():
     Restart the FCGI server
     """
     stop()
+    time.sleep(2)
     start()
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index a820577..9c2d5c2 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-PIDFILE='auth.pid'
+ROOT=`pwd`
+PIDFILE=$ROOT/logs/auth.pid
+
+mkdir logs 2> /dev/null
 
 if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
-    kill `cat -- $PIDFILE`
+    kill `cat -- $PIDFILE` 2> /dev/null
     rm -f -- $PIDFILE
 fi
 
 sleep 1
+cd $ROOT
 source ./env/bin/activate
-./manage.py runfcgi daemonize=false pidfile=$PIDFILE host=127.0.0.1 port=9981 &
-exit 0
+./manage.py runfcgi daemonize=true pidfile=$PIDFILE host=127.0.0.1 port=9981 errlog=$ROOT/logs/stderr.log outlog=$ROOT/logs/stdout.log