From f9369459db460938b654e6c11267b3536f9a55eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Becker <halfdan@xnorfz.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 13:44:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix error when running Ghost with a socket

fixes #2879
- Syncronously unlink old socket file
---
 core/server/index.js | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/server/index.js b/core/server/index.js
index 8acbd25e7f..d4c34b78df 100644
--- a/core/server/index.js
+++ b/core/server/index.js
@@ -261,13 +261,16 @@ function init(server) {
         // ## Start Ghost App
         if (config.getSocket()) {
             // Make sure the socket is gone before trying to create another
-            fs.unlink(config.getSocket(), function (err) {
-                /*jshint unused:false*/
-                httpServer = server.listen(
-                    config.getSocket()
-                );
-                fs.chmod(config.getSocket(), '0660');
-            });
+            try {
+                fs.unlinkSync(config.getSocket());
+            } catch (e) {
+                // We can ignore this.
+            }
+
+            httpServer = server.listen(
+                config.getSocket()
+            );
+            fs.chmod(config.getSocket(), '0660');
 
         } else {
             httpServer = server.listen(