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diff --git a/src/server/ProcessManager.ts b/src/server/ProcessManager.ts
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+import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
+import { pathFromRoot, log_execution, spawn_detached_process } from './ActionUtilities';
+import { resolve } from "path";
+import { red, yellow } from "colors";
+
+const daemonPath = pathFromRoot("./src/server/daemon/persistence_daemon.ts");
+
+export namespace ProcessManager {
+
+    export async function initialize() {
+        const logPath = pathFromRoot("./logs");
+        const filePath = resolve(logPath, "./server_pids.txt");
+        const exists = existsSync(logPath);
+        if (exists) {
+            unlinkSync(filePath);
+        } else {
+            mkdirSync(logPath);
+        }
+        const { pid } = process;
+        if (process.env.SPAWNED === "true") {
+            writeFileSync(filePath, `${pid} created at ${new Date().toUTCString()}\n`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let daemonInitialized = false;
+    export async function trySpawnDaemon() {
+        if (!daemonInitialized) {
+            daemonInitialized = true;
+            await log_execution({
+                startMessage: "\ninitializing persistence daemon",
+                endMessage: ({ result, error }) => {
+                    const success = error === null && result !== undefined;
+                    if (!success) {
+                        console.log(red("failed to initialize the persistance daemon"));
+                        process.exit(0);
+                    }
+                    return "persistence daemon process closed";
+                },
+                action: () => spawn_detached_process("npx ts-node", [daemonPath]),
+                color: yellow
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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