diff --git a/lib/bitcoind.js b/lib/bitcoind.js
index e0f5c424..3b44896e 100644
--- a/lib/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/bitcoind.js
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
   // bitcoind's boost threads aren't in the thread pool
   // or on node's event loop, so we need to keep node open.
   this._interval = setInterval(function() {
-    ;
+    if (bitcoindjs.stopped()) {
+      clearInterval(self._interval);
+      delete self._interval;
+    }
   }, 10000);
 
   return this.log('log pipe opened: %d', this.log_pipe);
@@ -73,8 +76,10 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.error = function() {
 Bitcoin.prototype.stop =
 Bitcoin.prototype.close = function(callback) {
   var self = this;
-  clearInterval(this._interval);
-  delete this._interval;
+  if (this._interval) {
+    clearInterval(this._interval);
+    delete this._interval;
+  }
   return bitcoindjs.stop(function(err, status) {
     if (err) {
       self.error(err.message);
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index 3c0e32bb..ff789c20 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ async_stop_node_after(uv_work_t *req);
 static int
 start_node(void);
 
+static int
+_start_node(void);
+
 static void
 open_pipes(int **out_pipe, int **log_pipe);
 
@@ -306,6 +309,16 @@ async_start_node_after(uv_work_t *req) {
   delete req;
 }
 
+/**
+ * IsStopped()
+ * bitcoind.stopped()
+ */
+
+NAN_METHOD(isStopped) {
+  NanScope();
+  NanReturnValue(NanNew<Boolean>(fRequestShutdown));
+}
+
 /**
  * start_node(void)
  * A reimplementation of AppInit2 minus
@@ -322,652 +335,63 @@ start_node(void) {
   noui_connect();
 
   //
-  // appnit1:
+  // appinit1 / appinit2:
+  //
+
+  boost::thread* node_thread = NULL;
+  node_thread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&_start_node));
+
+  //
+  // main:
+  //
+
+  // if (fRet && fDaemon) {
+  //   return 0;
+  // }
+
+  // return fRet ? 0 : 1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+_start_node(void) {
+  //
+  // appinit1:
   //
 
   boost::thread_group threadGroup;
   boost::thread* detectShutdownThread = NULL;
 
+  const int argc = 0;
+  const char *argv[argc + 1] = {
+    //"-server",
+    NULL
+  };
   ParseParameters(argc, argv);
   ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
   // Check for -testnet or -regtest parameter (TestNet() calls are only valid after this clause)
   if (!SelectParamsFromCommandLine()) {
     return 1;
   }
-  CreatePidFile(GetPidFile(), pid);
-  detectShutdownThread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&DetectShutdownThread, &threadGroup));
+  // CreatePidFile(GetPidFile(), getpid());
+  detectShutdownThread = new boost::thread(
+    boost::bind(&DetectShutdownThread, &threadGroup));
 
   //
-  // appnit2:
+  // appinit2:
   //
 
-  // ********************************************************* Step 1: setup
-  umask(077);
-
-  // Clean shutdown on SIGTERM
-  struct sigaction sa;
-  sa.sa_handler = HandleSIGTERM;
-  sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
-  sa.sa_flags = 0;
-  sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
-  sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
-
-  // Reopen debug.log on SIGHUP
-  struct sigaction sa_hup;
-  sa_hup.sa_handler = HandleSIGHUP;
-  sigemptyset(&sa_hup.sa_mask);
-  sa_hup.sa_flags = 0;
-  sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa_hup, NULL);
-
-#if defined (__SVR4) && defined (__sun)
-  // ignore SIGPIPE on Solaris
-  signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-#endif
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 2: parameter interactions
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-bind")) {
-    // when specifying an explicit binding address, you want to listen on it
-    // even when -connect or -proxy is specified
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-listen", true);
-  }
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-connect") && mapMultiArgs["-connect"].size() > 0) {
-    // when only connecting to trusted nodes, do not seed via DNS, or listen by default
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-dnsseed", false);
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-listen", false);
-  }
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-proxy")) {
-    // to protect privacy, do not listen by default if a default proxy server is specified
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-listen", false);
-  }
-
-  if (!GetBoolArg("-listen", true)) {
-    // do not map ports or try to retrieve public IP when not listening (pointless)
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-upnp", false);
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-discover", false);
-  }
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-externalip")) {
-    // if an explicit public IP is specified, do not try to find others
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-discover", false);
-  }
-
-  if (GetBoolArg("-salvagewallet", false)) {
-    // Rewrite just private keys: rescan to find transactions
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-rescan", true);
-  }
-
-  // -zapwallettx implies a rescan
-  if (GetBoolArg("-zapwallettxes", false)) {
-    SoftSetBoolArg("-rescan", true);
-  }
-
-  // Make sure enough file descriptors are available
-  int nBind = std::max((int)mapArgs.count("-bind"), 1);
-  nMaxConnections = GetArg("-maxconnections", 125);
-  nMaxConnections = std::max(std::min(nMaxConnections, (int)(FD_SETSIZE - nBind - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS)), 0);
-  int nFD = RaiseFileDescriptorLimit(nMaxConnections + MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS);
-  if (nFD < MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-  if (nFD - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS < nMaxConnections) {
-    nMaxConnections = nFD - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS;
-  }
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 3: parameter-to-internal-flags
-
-  fDebug = !mapMultiArgs["-debug"].empty();
-  // Special-case: if -debug=0/-nodebug is set, turn off debugging messages
-  const vector<string>& categories = mapMultiArgs["-debug"];
-  if (GetBoolArg("-nodebug", false)
-      || find(categories.begin(), categories.end(), string("0")) != categories.end()) {
-    fDebug = false;
-  }
-
-  // Check for -debugnet (deprecated)
-  GetBoolArg("-debugnet", false);
-
-  fBenchmark = GetBoolArg("-benchmark", false);
-  mempool.setSanityCheck(GetBoolArg("-checkmempool", RegTest()));
-  Checkpoints::fEnabled = GetBoolArg("-checkpoints", true);
-
-  // -par=0 means autodetect, but nScriptCheckThreads==0 means no concurrency
-  nScriptCheckThreads = GetArg("-par", 0);
-  if (nScriptCheckThreads <= 0) {
-    nScriptCheckThreads += boost::thread::hardware_concurrency();
-  }
-  if (nScriptCheckThreads <= 1) {
-    nScriptCheckThreads = 0;
-  } else if (nScriptCheckThreads > MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS) {
-    nScriptCheckThreads = MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS;
-  }
-
-  fServer = GetBoolArg("-server", false);
-  fPrintToConsole = GetBoolArg("-printtoconsole", false);
-  fLogTimestamps = GetBoolArg("-logtimestamps", true);
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  bool fDisableWallet = GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false);
-#endif
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-timeout")) {
-    int nNewTimeout = GetArg("-timeout", 5000);
-    if (nNewTimeout > 0 && nNewTimeout < 600000) {
-      nConnectTimeout = nNewTimeout;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Continue to put "/P2SH/" in the coinbase to monitor
-  // BIP16 support.
-  // This can be removed eventually...
-  const char* pszP2SH = "/P2SH/";
-  COINBASE_FLAGS << std::vector<unsigned char>(pszP2SH, pszP2SH+strlen(pszP2SH));
-
-  // Fee-per-kilobyte amount considered the same as "free"
-  // If you are mining, be careful setting this:
-  // if you set it to zero then
-  // a transaction spammer can cheaply fill blocks using
-  // 1-satoshi-fee transactions. It should be set above the real
-  // cost to you of processing a transaction.
-  if (mapArgs.count("-mintxfee")) {
-    int64_t n = 0;
-    if (ParseMoney(mapArgs["-mintxfee"], n) && n > 0) {
-      CTransaction::nMinTxFee = n;
-    } else {
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-  if (mapArgs.count("-minrelaytxfee")) {
-    int64_t n = 0;
-    if (ParseMoney(mapArgs["-minrelaytxfee"], n) && n > 0) {
-      CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee = n;
-    } else {
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  if (mapArgs.count("-paytxfee")) {
-    if (!ParseMoney(mapArgs["-paytxfee"], nTransactionFee)) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-  bSpendZeroConfChange = GetArg("-spendzeroconfchange", true);
-
-  strWalletFile = GetArg("-wallet", "wallet.dat");
-#endif
-  // ********************************************************* Step 4: application initialization: dir lock, daemonize, pidfile, debug log
-
-  std::string strDataDir = GetDataDir().string();
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  // Wallet file must be a plain filename without a directory
-  if (strWalletFile != boost::filesystem::basename(strWalletFile)
-      + boost::filesystem::extension(strWalletFile)) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-#endif
-  // Make sure only a single Bitcoin process is using the data directory.
-  boost::filesystem::path pathLockFile = GetDataDir() / ".lock";
-  FILE* file = fopen(pathLockFile.string().c_str(), "a"); // empty lock file; created if it doesn't exist.
-  if (file) fclose(file);
-  static boost::interprocess::file_lock lock(pathLockFile.string().c_str());
-  if (!lock.try_lock()) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  if (GetBoolArg("-shrinkdebugfile", !fDebug)) {
-    ShrinkDebugFile();
-  }
-  int failure = 0;
-
-  if (nScriptCheckThreads) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < nScriptCheckThreads - 1; i++) {
-      threadGroup.create_thread(&ThreadScriptCheck);
-    }
-  }
-
-  int64_t nStart;
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 5: verify wallet database integrity
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  if (!fDisableWallet) {
-    if (!bitdb.Open(GetDataDir())) {
-      // try moving the database env out of the way
-      boost::filesystem::path pathDatabase = GetDataDir() / "database";
-      boost::filesystem::path pathDatabaseBak = GetDataDir() / strprintf("database.%d.bak", GetTime());
-      try {
-        boost::filesystem::rename(pathDatabase, pathDatabaseBak);
-      } catch (boost::filesystem::filesystem_error &error) {
-         ; // failure is ok (well, not really, but it's not worse than what we started with)
-      }
-
-      // try again
-      if (!bitdb.Open(GetDataDir())) {
-        // if it still fails, it probably means we can't even create the database env
-        // Error initializing wallet database environment
-        return 1;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (GetBoolArg("-salvagewallet", false)) {
-      // Recover readable keypairs:
-      if (!CWalletDB::Recover(bitdb, strWalletFile, true)) {
-        return 1;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (filesystem::exists(GetDataDir() / strWalletFile)) {
-      CDBEnv::VerifyResult r = bitdb.Verify(strWalletFile, CWalletDB::Recover);
-      if (r == CDBEnv::RECOVER_OK) {
-        ; // wallet salvaged
-      }
-      if (r == CDBEnv::RECOVER_FAIL) {
-        return 1;
-      }
-    }
-  } // (!fDisableWallet)
-#endif // ENABLE_WALLET
-  // ********************************************************* Step 6: network initialization
-
-  RegisterNodeSignals(GetNodeSignals());
-
-  int nSocksVersion = GetArg("-socks", 5);
-  if (nSocksVersion != 4 && nSocksVersion != 5) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-onlynet")) {
-    std::set<enum Network> nets;
-    BOOST_FOREACH(std::string snet, mapMultiArgs["-onlynet"]) {
-      enum Network net = ParseNetwork(snet);
-      if (net == NET_UNROUTABLE) {
-        return 1;
-      }
-      nets.insert(net);
-    }
-    for (int n = 0; n < NET_MAX; n++) {
-      enum Network net = (enum Network)n;
-      if (!nets.count(net)) {
-        SetLimited(net);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-#if defined(USE_IPV6)
-#if ! USE_IPV6
-  else
-    SetLimited(NET_IPV6);
-#endif
-#endif
-
-  CService addrProxy;
-  bool fProxy = false;
-  if (mapArgs.count("-proxy")) {
-    addrProxy = CService(mapArgs["-proxy"], 9050);
-    if (!addrProxy.IsValid()) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-    if (!IsLimited(NET_IPV4)) {
-      SetProxy(NET_IPV4, addrProxy, nSocksVersion);
-    }
-
-    if (nSocksVersion > 4) {
-#ifdef USE_IPV6
-      if (!IsLimited(NET_IPV6)) {
-        SetProxy(NET_IPV6, addrProxy, nSocksVersion);
-      }
-#endif
-      SetNameProxy(addrProxy, nSocksVersion);
-    }
-    fProxy = true;
-  }
-
-  // -onion can override normal proxy, -noonion disables tor entirely
-  if (!(mapArgs.count("-onion")
-      && mapArgs["-onion"] == "0")
-      && !(mapArgs.count("-tor")
-      && mapArgs["-tor"] == "0")
-      && (fProxy || mapArgs.count("-onion") || mapArgs.count("-tor"))) {
-    CService addrOnion;
-    if (!mapArgs.count("-onion") && !mapArgs.count("-tor")) {
-      addrOnion = addrProxy;
-    } else {
-      addrOnion = mapArgs.count("-onion")?CService(mapArgs["-onion"], 9050):CService(mapArgs["-tor"], 9050);
-    }
-    if (!addrOnion.IsValid()) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-    SetProxy(NET_TOR, addrOnion, 5);
-    SetReachable(NET_TOR);
-  }
-
-  // see Step 2: parameter interactions for more information about these
-  fNoListen = !GetBoolArg("-listen", true);
-  fDiscover = GetBoolArg("-discover", true);
-  fNameLookup = GetBoolArg("-dns", true);
-
-  bool fBound = false;
-  if (!fNoListen) {
-    if (mapArgs.count("-bind")) {
-      BOOST_FOREACH(std::string strBind, mapMultiArgs["-bind"]) {
-        CService addrBind;
-        if (!Lookup(strBind.c_str(), addrBind, GetListenPort(), false))
-          return 1;
-        fBound |= Bind(addrBind, (BF_EXPLICIT | BF_REPORT_ERROR));
-      }
-    } else {
-      struct in_addr inaddr_any;
-      inaddr_any.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-#ifdef USE_IPV6
-      fBound |= Bind(CService(in6addr_any, GetListenPort()), BF_NONE);
-#endif
-      fBound |= Bind(CService(inaddr_any, GetListenPort()), !fBound ? BF_REPORT_ERROR : BF_NONE);
-    }
-    if (!fBound) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (mapArgs.count("-externalip")) {
-    BOOST_FOREACH(string strAddr, mapMultiArgs["-externalip"]) {
-      CService addrLocal(strAddr, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup);
-      if (!addrLocal.IsValid())
-        return 1;
-      AddLocal(CService(strAddr, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup), LOCAL_MANUAL);
-    }
-  }
-
-  BOOST_FOREACH(string strDest, mapMultiArgs["-seednode"]) {
-    AddOneShot(strDest);
-  }
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 7: load block chain
-
-  fReindex = GetBoolArg("-reindex", false);
-
-  // Upgrading to 0.8; hard-link the old blknnnn.dat files into /blocks/
-  filesystem::path blocksDir = GetDataDir() / "blocks";
-  if (!filesystem::exists(blocksDir)) {
-    filesystem::create_directories(blocksDir);
-    bool linked = false;
-    for (unsigned int i = 1; i < 10000; i++) {
-      filesystem::path source = GetDataDir() / strprintf("blk%04u.dat", i);
-      if (!filesystem::exists(source)) break;
-      filesystem::path dest = blocksDir / strprintf("blk%05u.dat", i-1);
-      try {
-        filesystem::create_hard_link(source, dest);
-        linked = true;
-      } catch (filesystem::filesystem_error & e) {
-        // Note: hardlink creation failing is not a disaster, it just means
-        // blocks will get re-downloaded from peers.
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    if (linked) {
-      fReindex = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // cache size calculations
-  size_t nTotalCache = (GetArg("-dbcache", nDefaultDbCache) << 20);
-  if (nTotalCache < (nMinDbCache << 20)) {
-    nTotalCache = (nMinDbCache << 20); // total cache cannot be less than nMinDbCache
-  } else if (nTotalCache > (nMaxDbCache << 20)) {
-    nTotalCache = (nMaxDbCache << 20); // total cache cannot be greater than nMaxDbCache
-  }
-  size_t nBlockTreeDBCache = nTotalCache / 8;
-  if (nBlockTreeDBCache > (1 << 21) && !GetBoolArg("-txindex", false)) {
-    nBlockTreeDBCache = (1 << 21); // block tree db cache shouldn't be larger than 2 MiB
-  }
-  nTotalCache -= nBlockTreeDBCache;
-  size_t nCoinDBCache = nTotalCache / 2; // use half of the remaining cache for coindb cache
-  nTotalCache -= nCoinDBCache;
-  nCoinCacheSize = nTotalCache / 300; // coins in memory require around 300 bytes
-
-  bool fLoaded = false;
-  while (!fLoaded) {
-    bool fReset = fReindex;
-
-    nStart = GetTimeMillis();
-    do {
-      try {
-        UnloadBlockIndex();
-        delete pcoinsTip;
-        delete pcoinsdbview;
-        delete pblocktree;
-
-        pblocktree = new CBlockTreeDB(nBlockTreeDBCache, false, fReindex);
-        pcoinsdbview = new CCoinsViewDB(nCoinDBCache, false, fReindex);
-        pcoinsTip = new CCoinsViewCache(*pcoinsdbview);
-
-        if (fReindex) {
-          pblocktree->WriteReindexing(true);
-        }
-
-        if (!LoadBlockIndex()) {
-          // Error loading block database
-          break;
-        }
-
-        // If the loaded chain has a wrong genesis, bail out immediately
-        // (we're likely using a testnet datadir, or the other way around).
-        if (!mapBlockIndex.empty() && chainActive.Genesis() == NULL) {
-          return 1;
-        }
-
-        // Initialize the block index (no-op if non-empty database was already loaded)
-        if (!InitBlockIndex()) {
-          // Error initializing block database
-          break;
-        }
-
-        // Check for changed -txindex state
-        if (fTxIndex != GetBoolArg("-txindex", false)) {
-          // You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to change -txindex
-          break;
-        }
-
-        if (!VerifyDB(GetArg("-checklevel", 3), GetArg("-checkblocks", 288))) {
-          // Corrupted block database detected
-          break;
-        }
-      } catch(std::exception &e) {
-        // Error opening block database
-        break;
-      }
-
-      fLoaded = true;
-    } while (false);
-
-    if (!fLoaded) {
-      // first suggest a reindex
-      if (!fReset) {
-        // automatically reindex:
-        fReindex = true;
-        fRequestShutdown = false;
-      } else {
-        return 1;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // As LoadBlockIndex can take several minutes, it's possible the user
-  // requested to kill the GUI during the last operation. If so, exit.
-  // As the program has not fully started yet, Shutdown() is possibly overkill.
-  if (fRequestShutdown) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 8: load wallet
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  if (fDisableWallet) {
-    pwalletMain = NULL;
-  } else {
-    if (GetBoolArg("-zapwallettxes", false)) {
-
-      pwalletMain = new CWallet(strWalletFile);
-      DBErrors nZapWalletRet = pwalletMain->ZapWalletTx();
-      if (nZapWalletRet != DB_LOAD_OK) {
-        return 1;
-      }
-
-      delete pwalletMain;
-      pwalletMain = NULL;
-    }
-
-    nStart = GetTimeMillis();
-    bool fFirstRun = true;
-    pwalletMain = new CWallet(strWalletFile);
-    DBErrors nLoadWalletRet = pwalletMain->LoadWallet(fFirstRun);
-    if (nLoadWalletRet != DB_LOAD_OK) {
-      if (nLoadWalletRet == DB_CORRUPT) {
-        // Error loading wallet.dat: Wallet corrupted
-        failure = 1;
-      } else if (nLoadWalletRet == DB_NONCRITICAL_ERROR) {
-        // wallet okay, txs bad
-      } else if (nLoadWalletRet == DB_TOO_NEW) {
-        // Error loading wallet.dat: Wallet requires newer version of Bitcoin
-        failure = 1;
-      } else if (nLoadWalletRet == DB_NEED_REWRITE) {
-        // Wallet needed to be rewritten: restart Bitcoin to complete
-        failure = 1;
-        return 1;
-      } else {
-        // Error loading wallet.dat
-        failure = 1;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (GetBoolArg("-upgradewallet", fFirstRun)) {
-      int nMaxVersion = GetArg("-upgradewallet", 0);
-      if (nMaxVersion == 0) { // the -upgradewallet without argument case
-        nMaxVersion = CLIENT_VERSION;
-        pwalletMain->SetMinVersion(FEATURE_LATEST); // permanently upgrade the wallet immediately
-      } else if (nMaxVersion < pwalletMain->GetVersion()) {
-        // Cannot downgrade wallet
-        failure = 1;
-      }
-      pwalletMain->SetMaxVersion(nMaxVersion);
-    }
-
-    if (fFirstRun) {
-      // Create new keyUser and set as default key
-      RandAddSeedPerfmon();
-
-      CPubKey newDefaultKey;
-      if (pwalletMain->GetKeyFromPool(newDefaultKey)) {
-        pwalletMain->SetDefaultKey(newDefaultKey);
-        if (!pwalletMain->SetAddressBook(pwalletMain->vchDefaultKey.GetID(), "", "receive")) {
-          // Cannot write default address
-          failure = 1;
-        }
-      }
-
-      pwalletMain->SetBestChain(chainActive.GetLocator());
-    }
-
-    RegisterWallet(pwalletMain);
-
-    CBlockIndex *pindexRescan = chainActive.Tip();
-    if (GetBoolArg("-rescan", false)) {
-      pindexRescan = chainActive.Genesis();
-    } else {
-      CWalletDB walletdb(strWalletFile);
-      CBlockLocator locator;
-      if (walletdb.ReadBestBlock(locator)) {
-        pindexRescan = chainActive.FindFork(locator);
-      } else {
-        pindexRescan = chainActive.Genesis();
-      }
-    }
-    if (chainActive.Tip() && chainActive.Tip() != pindexRescan) {
-      nStart = GetTimeMillis();
-      pwalletMain->ScanForWalletTransactions(pindexRescan, true);
-      pwalletMain->SetBestChain(chainActive.GetLocator());
-      nWalletDBUpdated++;
-    }
-  } // (!fDisableWallet)
-#endif // !ENABLE_WALLET
-  // ********************************************************* Step 9: import blocks
-
-  // scan for better chains in the block chain database, that are not yet connected in the active best chain
-  CValidationState state;
-  if (!ActivateBestChain(state)) {
-    // Failed to connect best block
-    failure = 1;
-  }
-
-  std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> vImportFiles;
-  if (mapArgs.count("-loadblock")) {
-    BOOST_FOREACH(string strFile, mapMultiArgs["-loadblock"]) {
-      vImportFiles.push_back(strFile);
-    }
-  }
-  threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadImport, vImportFiles));
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 10: load peers
-
-  nStart = GetTimeMillis();
-
-  {
-    CAddrDB adb;
-    adb.Read(addrman);
-  }
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 11: start node
-
-  if (!CheckDiskSpace()) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  if (failure) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  RandAddSeedPerfmon();
-
-  StartNode(threadGroup);
-
-  // InitRPCMining is needed here so getwork/getblocktemplate in the GUI debug console works properly.
-  InitRPCMining();
-  if (fServer) {
-    StartRPCThreads();
-  }
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  // Generate coins in the background
-  if (pwalletMain) {
-    GenerateBitcoins(GetBoolArg("-gen", false), pwalletMain, GetArg("-genproclimit", -1));
-  }
-#endif
-
-  // ********************************************************* Step 12: finished
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-  if (pwalletMain) {
-    // Add wallet transactions that aren't already in a block to mapTransactions
-    pwalletMain->ReacceptWalletTransactions();
-
-    // Run a thread to flush wallet periodically
-    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadFlushWalletDB, boost::ref(pwalletMain->strWalletFile)));
-  }
-#endif
+  int fRet = AppInit2(threadGroup);
 
   //
   // appinit1:
   //
 
-  int fRet = !fRequestShutdown;
-
   if (!fRet) {
     if (detectShutdownThread)
       detectShutdownThread->interrupt();
-
     threadGroup.interrupt_all();
-    // threadGroup.join_all(); was left out intentionally here, because we didn't re-test all of
-    // the startup-failure cases to make sure they don't result in a hang due to some
-    // thread-blocking-waiting-for-another-thread-during-startup case
   }
 
   if (detectShutdownThread) {
@@ -977,14 +401,6 @@ start_node(void) {
   }
   Shutdown();
 
-  //
-  // main:
-  //
-
-  if (fRet && fDaemon) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-
   return fRet ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
@@ -1240,6 +656,7 @@ init(Handle<Object> target) {
   NanScope();
   NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "start", StartBitcoind);
   NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "stop", StopBitcoind);
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "stopped", IsStopped);
 }
 
 NODE_MODULE(bitcoindjs, init)