5 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce95f92..a8e3983 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ all:
 	./virtigo --version
 	./virtigo --hosts farm01 farm02 farm03
 
+start:
+	./virtigo --start jcarr
+
 # this is for release builds using the go.mod files
 release-build:
 	@echo ${REDOMOD}
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 02e30b0..b656bee 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type args struct {
 	Uptime bool     `arg:"--uptime" default:"true"  help:"allow uptime checks for things like Kuma"`
 	Port   int      `arg:"--port" default:"8080"    help:"specify a different default port"`
 	Daemon bool     `arg:"--daemon"                 help:"run in daemon mode"`
+	Start  string   `arg:"--start"                  help:"droplet to start"`
 }
 
 func (a args) Description() string {
diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index ec47c6e..d554c78 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -13,4 +15,9 @@ func (h *HyperT) RestartDaemon() {
 	url := "http://" + h.Hostname + ":2520/kill"
 	s := shell.Wget(url)
 	log.Info("EVENT RestartDaemon", url, s)
+	h.lastpoll = time.Now()
+	h.killcount += 1
+
+	dur := time.Since(h.lastpoll) // Calculate the elapsed time
+	log.Info("KILLED DAEMON", h.Hostname, shell.FormatDuration(dur), "curl", url)
 }
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 5bf5300..085757b 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ func okHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			url := "http://" + h.Hostname + ":2520/kill"
 			dur := time.Since(h.lastpoll) // Calculate the elapsed time
 			if dur > 90*time.Second {
-				log.Info("KILL DAEMON ON", h.Hostname, shell.FormatDuration(dur), "curl", url)
-				// s := shell.Wget(url)
-				// log.Info("curl got:", s)
-				h.lastpoll = time.Now()
-				h.killcount += 1
+				h.RestartDaemon()
+				continue
 			}
 			if h.killcount != 0 {
 				log.Info("KILL count =", h.killcount, "FOR", h.Hostname, dur, "curl", url)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f7e14a6..ec698b9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ func main() {
 		me.hypers = append(me.hypers, h)
 	}
 
+	if argv.Start != "" {
+		d := findDroplet(argv.Start)
+		if d == nil {
+			log.Info("droplet is unknown:", argv.Start)
+		} else {
+			log.Info("start droplet here:", d.Hostname)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	// start the watchdog polling for each hypervisor
 	for _, h := range me.hypers {
 		log.Info("starting watchdog here for hostname =", h.Hostname)