diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index f9722d8..92f2cd6 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -8,36 +8,19 @@
     "update": "deno run -A -r https://fresh.deno.dev/update .",
     "clean": "rm -rf ./server && rm ./mcgrizz.json && rm ./players.cache.json"
   },
-  "lint": {
-    "rules": {
-      "tags": [
-        "fresh",
-        "recommended"
-      ]
-    },
-    "exclude": [
-      "_fresh"
-    ]
-  },
-  "fmt": {
-    "exclude": [
-      "_fresh"
-    ]
-  },
+  "lint": { "rules": { "tags": ["fresh", "recommended"] } },
   "imports": {
-    "$fresh/": "https://deno.land/x/fresh@1.4.3/",
-    "preact": "https://esm.sh/preact@10.15.1",
-    "preact/": "https://esm.sh/preact@10.15.1/",
-    "preact-render-to-string": "https://esm.sh/*preact-render-to-string@6.2.1",
-    "@preact/signals": "https://esm.sh/*@preact/signals@1.1.3",
-    "@preact/signals-core": "https://esm.sh/*@preact/signals-core@1.2.3",
+    "$fresh/": "https://deno.land/x/fresh@1.5.2/",
+    "preact": "https://esm.sh/preact@10.18.1",
+    "preact/": "https://esm.sh/preact@10.18.1/",
+    "preact-render-to-string": "https://esm.sh/*preact-render-to-string@6.2.2",
+    "@preact/signals": "https://esm.sh/*@preact/signals@1.2.1",
+    "@preact/signals-core": "https://esm.sh/*@preact/signals-core@1.5.0",
     "$std/": "https://deno.land/std@0.193.0/",
     "puppet": "https://deno.land/x/sockpuppet@0.6.2/mod.ts",
     "puppet/client": "https://deno.land/x/sockpuppet@0.6.2/client/mod.ts",
     "jsdom": "https://esm.sh/jsdom"
   },
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "jsxImportSource": "preact"
-  }
+  "compilerOptions": { "jsx": "react-jsx", "jsxImportSource": "preact" },
+  "exclude": ["**/_fresh/*"]
 }
diff --git a/state/serverState.ts b/state/serverState.ts
index 6450706..4ad4f7e 100644
--- a/state/serverState.ts
+++ b/state/serverState.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type status = "running" | "stopped";
 
 class ServerState {
   private _status: status = "stopped";
+  private pid?: number;
   public get status() {
     return this._status;
   }
@@ -65,26 +66,31 @@ class ServerState {
     this._serverVersion = conf.version;
 
     this._eulaAccepted = checkEULA();
+  }
 
-    this.sockpuppet = new Sockpuppet(
-      "ws://sockpuppet.cyborggrizzly.com",
-      () => {
-        this.sockpuppet.createChannel(this._channelId);
-        this.sockpuppet.joinChannel(this.channelId, async (msg) => {
-          if (msg === "log" && !IS_BROWSER) {
-            try {
-              const log = await Deno.readTextFile("./server/logs/latest.log");
-              this.channel?.send(log);
-            } catch {
-              1;
+  private configureSockpuppet(): Promise<boolean> {
+    return new Promise((res) => {
+      this.sockpuppet = new Sockpuppet(
+        "ws://sockpuppet.cyborggrizzly.com",
+        async () => {
+          await this.sockpuppet.createChannel(this._channelId);
+          res(true);
+          this.sockpuppet.joinChannel(this.channelId, async (msg) => {
+            if (msg === "log" && !IS_BROWSER) {
+              try {
+                const log = await Deno.readTextFile("./server/logs/latest.log");
+                this.sendMessageToChannel(log);
+              } catch {
+                1;
+              }
+            } else {
+              console.log(msg);
+              this.sendStdIn(msg);
             }
-          } else {
-            console.log(msg);
-            this.sendStdIn(msg);
-          }
-        });
-      },
-    );
+          });
+        },
+      );
+    });
   }
 
   public get channel() {
@@ -103,9 +109,12 @@ class ServerState {
   public async startMCServer(instance = "server") {
     this.command = getServerStartCommands(this._serverType, instance);
 
-    this.channel?.send("clear");
+    await this.configureSockpuppet();
+
+    this.sendMessageToChannel("clear");
 
     this.process = this.command.spawn();
+    this.pid = this.process.pid;
 
     const { readable, writable } = new TransformStream();
     readable.pipeTo(this.process.stdin);
@@ -119,26 +128,10 @@ class ServerState {
   }
 
   private async startStream() {
-    // const stream = this.process.stdout.getReader();
-    // const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-
-    // while (true) {
-    //   const { done, value } = await stream.read();
-    //   if (value) {
-    //     const line = decoder.decode(value);
-    //     this.channel?.send(line);
-    //     const stdoutMsg = new CustomEvent("stdoutmsg", {
-    //       detail: line,
-    //     });
-    //     globalThis.dispatchEvent(stdoutMsg);
-    //   }
-    //   if (done) break;
-    // }
-
     await this.process.stdout.pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream()).pipeTo(
       new WritableStream({
         write: (chunk) => {
-          this.channel?.send(chunk);
+          this.sendMessageToChannel(chunk);
           const stdoutMsg = new CustomEvent("stdoutmsg", {
             detail: chunk,
           });
@@ -153,9 +146,10 @@ class ServerState {
     this.sendStdIn("stop");
   }
 
-  public forceStopMCServer() {
+  public async forceStopMCServer() {
     this.status = "stopped";
     this.process.kill();
+    await Deno.remove('./server/session.lock');
   }
 
   public async restartMCServer() {
@@ -166,10 +160,7 @@ class ServerState {
       });
 
       globalThis.dispatchEvent(statusEvent);
-
-      // while (true) {
       await this.process.status;
-      // }
     }
 
     this.startMCServer();
@@ -179,6 +170,21 @@ class ServerState {
     this._eulaAccepted = true;
     acceptEULA();
   }
+
+  private async sendMessageToChannel(msg: string, retries = 0) {
+    if (retries > 4) return console.log('Unable to reconnect to socket after 5 tries. Is the puppet server ok?')
+    try {
+      this.channel?.send(msg);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(e);
+      console.log(
+        "Error sending message via socket, likely closed. Reconnecting",
+      );
+
+      await this.configureSockpuppet();
+      await this.sendMessageToChannel(msg, retries + 1);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export const SERVER_STATE = new ServerState();