diff --git a/DotLocal/AppDelegate.swift b/DotLocal/AppDelegate.swift
index 1c62451..ceb8bc8 100644
--- a/DotLocal/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/DotLocal/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import Defaults
 import SecureXPC
 
 class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
-    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) {
+    override init() {
+        _ = HelperManager.shared
         ClientManager.shared.checkInstalled()
     }
     
diff --git a/internal/daemon/apiserver.go b/internal/daemon/apiserver.go
index 62e86e0..1273937 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/apiserver.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/apiserver.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewAPIServer(logger *zap.Logger, dotlocal *DotLocal) (*APIServer, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *APIServer) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	err := s.killExistingProcess()
+	err := s.killExistingProcessIfNeeded()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (s *APIServer) Stop() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *APIServer) killExistingProcess() error {
+func (s *APIServer) killExistingProcessIfNeeded() error {
 	_, err := os.Stat(util.GetApiSocketPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
@@ -85,8 +85,17 @@ func (s *APIServer) killExistingProcess() error {
 	}
 	s.logger.Info("Killing existing process", zap.String("path", util.GetApiSocketPath()))
 
+	_ = killExistingProcess()
+
+	_ = os.Remove(util.GetPidPath())
+	_ = os.Remove(util.GetApiSocketPath())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func killExistingProcess() error {
 	pidBytes, err := os.ReadFile(util.GetPidPath())
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	pid, err := strconv.Atoi(string(pidBytes))
@@ -98,17 +107,10 @@ func (s *APIServer) killExistingProcess() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_ = process.Kill()
-
-	err = os.Remove(util.GetPidPath())
+	err = process.Kill()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = os.Remove(util.GetApiSocketPath())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 22a2d46..55db165 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -18,7 +18,17 @@ func CreateTmpFile() (string, error) {
 var dotlocalPath *string
 
 func GetDotlocalPath() string {
-	return "/var/run/dotlocal"
+	if dotlocalPath == nil {
+		dir := "/var/run/dotlocal"
+		dotlocalPath = &dir
+
+		err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return *dotlocalPath
 }
 
 func GetApiSocketPath() string {