diff --git a/gpm.cabal b/gpm.cabal
index 099d139..a99648f 100644
--- a/gpm.cabal
+++ b/gpm.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: d9338d9561ff06dc6d13e3df5b3985256d508cfa09d153b26fa2eaf00dff864f
+-- hash: 04bfdb9ffa855881f6cd6cc09bf3b494a2107ded6cc33c41699546a12526099e
 
 name:           gpm
 version:        0.1.0.0
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ library
     , protolude
     , text
     , turtle
-    , unix
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
 executable gpm
@@ -67,5 +66,4 @@ executable gpm
     , protolude
     , text
     , turtle
-    , unix
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 2a0cd98..9bd0297 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ dependencies:
 - protolude
 - text
 - turtle
-- unix
 library:
   source-dirs: src
 executables:
diff --git a/playground/gpm-test.sh b/playground/gpm-test.sh
index 273304d..92d67e6 100755
--- a/playground/gpm-test.sh
+++ b/playground/gpm-test.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ subtitle "Cleaning Up"
 gpm serve stop
 
 subtitle "Create Project $testproj"
-mkdir $testproj
+mkdir -p $testproj
 pushd $testproj
 echo "README 1" > README
 git init .
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ pushd $testproj2
 subtitle "git clone"
 git clone git://localhost:9418/${prjname}.git $testproj2
 
+subtitle "gpm init (into the cloned repo)"
+gpm init
+
 subtitle "gpm serve stop"
 gpm serve stop
 popd
diff --git a/src/GPM/Serve.hs b/src/GPM/Serve.hs
index d251819..adb0599 100644
--- a/src/GPM/Serve.hs
+++ b/src/GPM/Serve.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module GPM.Serve
 where
 
 -- | Generic Import
-import           Protolude                      hiding (die, stdout, (%), (<.>))
+import           Protolude                      hiding (die, (%), (<.>))
 import           Turtle
 
 -- | Local Imports
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import           GPM.Helpers                    (debug, debug_, getGPMDataDir,
 
 -- | External Lib Imports
 import qualified Data.Text                      as Text
-import qualified System.Posix.Process           as Process
 
 -- | Retrieve a public dir to serve git repositories
 getPublicDir :: IO Turtle.FilePath
@@ -121,18 +120,20 @@ handleProjectDir = getPublicDir >>= putText . format fp
 
 dirServe :: Turtle.FilePath -> IO ()
 dirServe pubdir = do
-  processId <- Process.forkProcess $
-    debug_ $ format ("git daemon --reuseaddr --export-all --base-path="%fp%" "%fp) pubdir pubdir
   gpmDataDir <- getGPMDataDir
-  inDir gpmDataDir $ do
-    mktree "procs"
-    writeTextFile ("procs" </> "gitServePID") (show processId)
+  let pidfiledir = gpmDataDir </> "procs"
+  debug_ $
+    format ("git daemon --detach --pid-file="%fp
+            %" --reuseaddr --export-all --base-path="%fp%" "%fp)
+    (pidfiledir </> "gitServePID")
+    pubdir
+    pubdir
 
 dirStopServe :: IO ()
 dirStopServe = do
   gpmDataDir <- getGPMDataDir
   inDir gpmDataDir $ do
-    pidtxt <- readTextFile ("procs" </> "gitServePID")
+    pidtxt <- readTextFile (gpmDataDir </>"procs" </> "gitServePID")
     if Text.null pidtxt
       then putErrText "git daemon doesn't appear to be running"
       else debug_ ("kill " <> pidtxt)