diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index d803e54b..33f7c1d1 100644
--- a/lib/forever.js
+++ b/lib/forever.js
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
     path = require('path'),
     events = require('events'),
     exec = require('child_process').exec,
-    net = require('net'),
     cliff = require('cliff'),
-    daemon = require('daemon'),
     nconf = require('nconf'),
     portfinder = require('portfinder'),
     timespan = require('timespan'),
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
     utile = require('utile'),
     mkdirp = utile.mkdirp,
     async = utile.async,
+    nssocket = require('nssocket'),
     winston = require('winston');
 
 var forever = exports;
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ forever.initialized = false;
 forever.root        = path.join(process.env.HOME || '/root', '.forever');
 forever.config      = new nconf.File({ file: path.join(forever.root, 'config.json') });
 forever.Forever     = forever.Monitor = require('./forever/monitor').Monitor;
+forever.Worker      = require('./forever/worker').Worker;
 forever.cli         = require('./forever/cli');
 
 //
@@ -90,65 +90,23 @@ function getSockets(sockPath, callback) {
 // Returns all data for processes managed by forever.
 //
 function getAllProcesses(callback) {
-  var sockPath = forever.config.get('sockPath'),
-      results = [];
+  var sockPath = forever.config.get('sockPath');
 
   function getProcess(name, next) {
     var fullPath = path.join(sockPath, name),
-        socket = new net.Socket({ type: 'unix' }),
-        parsed = false,
-        data = '';
+        socket = new nssocket.NsSocket();
 
-    function tryParse() {
-      if (!parsed) {
-        parsed = true;
-      
-        var monitors;
-        try {
-          monitors = JSON.parse(data);
-        }
-        catch (ex) {
-          //
-          // Ignore errors
-          //
-        }
-      
-        //
-        // Be a little lazier about loading results
-        //
-        if (monitors && monitors.monitors) {
-          results = results.concat(monitors.monitors);
-        }
-      
-        next();
-      }
-    }
-
-    socket.on('error', function (err) {
-      if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
-        try {
-          fs.unlinkSync(fullPath);
-        }
-        catch (ex) { }
-        return tryParse();
-      }
-      else if (err.code === 'EACCES') {
-        forever.log.warn('Error contacting: ' + fullPath.magenta);
-      }
-      else {
-        forever.log.error('Unknown error (' + err.code + ') when contacting: ' + fullPath.magenta);
+    socket.connect(fullPath, function (err) {
+      if (err) {
+        return next(err);
       }
 
-      tryParse();
-    });
-
-    socket.on('data', function (msg) {
-      data += msg;
+      socket.data(['data'], function (data) {
+        next(null, data);
+        socket.end();
+      });
+      socket.send(['data']);
     });
-
-    socket.on('close', tryParse);
-
-    socket.connect(fullPath);
   }
 
   getSockets(sockPath, function (err, sockets) {
@@ -156,8 +114,8 @@ function getAllProcesses(callback) {
       return callback(err);
     }
 
-    async.forEach(sockets, getProcess, function () {
-      callback(results);
+    async.map(sockets, getProcess, function (err, processes) {
+      callback(processes);
     });
   });
 }
@@ -339,29 +297,11 @@ forever.startDaemon = function (script, options) {
   options         = options || {};
   options.uid     = options.uid || utile.randomString(4).replace(/^\-/, '_');
   options.logFile = forever.logFilePath(options.logFile || options.uid + '.log');
-  options.pidFile = forever.pidFilePath(options.pidFile || options.uid + '.pid');
 
   var monitor = new forever.Monitor(script, options);
+  monitor.start();
 
-  fs.open(options.logFile, options.appendLog ? 'a+' : 'w+', function (err, fd) {
-    if (err) {
-      return monitor.emit('error', err);
-    }
-
-    var pid = daemon.start(fd);
-    daemon.lock(options.pidFile);
-
-    //
-    // Remark: This should work, but the fd gets screwed up
-    //         with the daemon process.
-    //
-    // process.on('exit', function () {
-    //   fs.unlinkSync(options.pidFile);
-    // });
-
-    process.pid = pid;
-    monitor.start();
-  });
+  var worker = new forever.Worker({ monitor: monitor });
 
   return monitor;
 };
@@ -374,10 +314,8 @@ forever.startDaemon = function (script, options) {
 //
 forever.startServer = function () {
   var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments),
-      socket = path.join(forever.config.get('sockPath'), 'forever.sock'),
       monitors = [],
-      callback,
-      server;
+      callback;
 
   args.forEach(function (a) {
     if (Array.isArray(a)) {
@@ -393,36 +331,13 @@ forever.startServer = function () {
     }
   });
 
-  server = net.createServer(function (socket) {
-    //
-    // Write the specified data and close the socket
-    //
-    socket.end(JSON.stringify({
-      monitors: monitors.map(function (m) {
-        return m.data;
-      })
-    }));
-  });
-  
-  function onError(err) {
-    monitors.forEach(function (mon) {
-      mon.emit('error', err);
-    });
-  }
-
-  portfinder.getSocket({ path: socket }, function (err, socket) {
-    if (err) {
-      return onError(err);
-    }
-
-    server.on('error', onError);
-
-    server.listen(socket, function () {
-      if (callback) {
-        callback(null, server, socket);
-      }
+  async.forEach(monitors, function (monitor, next) {
+    var worker = new forever.Worker({
+      monitor: monitor,
+      sockPath: forever.config.get('sockPath')
     });
-  });
+    worker.start(next);
+  }, callback || function () {});
 };