--- biosoftware_bench/scripts/check_daemon.pl	2011-01-30 02:58:49.016117658 +0000
+++ biosoftware_bench/scripts/check_daemon.pl.new	2011-05-09 13:57:58.422697822 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use strict;
 my $cwd=`dirname $0`;chomp($cwd);
 chdir($cwd);
-open (PID,"blast_daemon.lock")||die ("Could not find blast_daemon.lock\n");
+open (PID,"blast_daemon.lock")||system("./start_daemon.sh");
 while (my $ln=<PID>){
 	if ($ln=~/^(\d+)/){
 		my $pid=$1;