1 files changed, 3 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index 3764eaabb..bc481e579 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ import { GoogleCredentialsLoader } from './credentials/CredentialsLoader';
 import DeleteManager from "./ApiManagers/DeleteManager";
 import PDFManager from "./ApiManagers/PDFManager";
 import UploadManager from "./ApiManagers/UploadManager";
-import { log_execution, command_line } from "./ActionUtilities";
+import { log_execution } from "./ActionUtilities";
 import GeneralGoogleManager from "./ApiManagers/GeneralGoogleManager";
 import GooglePhotosManager from "./ApiManagers/GooglePhotosManager";
 import { yellow, red } from "colors";
 import { disconnect } from "../server/Initialization";
+import { ProcessFactory, Logger } from "./ChildProcessUtilities/ProcessFactory";
 
 export const publicDirectory = path.resolve(__dirname, "public");
 export const filesDirectory = path.resolve(publicDirectory, "files");
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export const ExitHandlers = new Array<() => void>();
  * before clients can access the server should be run or awaited here.
  */
 async function preliminaryFunctions() {
+    await Logger.initialize();
     await GoogleCredentialsLoader.loadCredentials();
     GoogleApiServerUtils.processProjectCredentials();
     await DashUploadUtils.buildFileDirectories();
@@ -119,31 +121,6 @@ function routeSetter({ isRelease, addSupervisedRoute, logRegistrationOutcome }:
         }
     });
 
-    let daemonInitialized = false;
-    addSupervisedRoute({
-        method: Method.GET,
-        subscription: "/persist",
-        onValidation: async ({ res }) => {
-            if (!daemonInitialized) {
-                daemonInitialized = true;
-                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: async () => command_line("npx ts-node ./persistence_daemon.ts", "./src/server"),
-                    color: yellow
-                });
-            }
-            res.redirect("/home");
-        }
-    });
-
     logRegistrationOutcome();
 
     // initialize the web socket (bidirectional communication: if a user changes