diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 2147030..7620990 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -1260,6 +1260,8 @@ encodeFile::vorbis() {
 
 worker() {
 	trap "kill -USR1 $masterpid" EXIT
+	trap - USR1 ALRM PIPE
+	exec 2>>"$tempdir/errors.log"
 	while :
 	do
 		echo work
@@ -1271,6 +1273,7 @@ worker() {
 		done
 		if [[ $line == AtOM:Die ]]
 		then
+			trap EXIT
 			break
 		elif [[ $line == AtOM:Sleep ]]
 		then
@@ -1353,8 +1356,8 @@ worker() {
 		do
 			[ -z "${cmd_arg[key]}" ] && unset cmd_arg[key]
 		done
-		(( debug >= 2 )) && echo "${cmd_arg[@]}" >>"$tempdir/errors.log"
-		if "${cmd_arg[@]}" >/dev/null 2>>"$tempdir/errors.log"
+		(( debug >= 2 )) && echo "${cmd_arg[@]}" >&2
+		if "${cmd_arg[@]}" >/dev/null
 		then
 			echo "finished $taskid|$sourcefileid|$destfileid|$destfilename"
 			read line
@@ -1408,13 +1411,7 @@ master() {
 			'work')
 				if [ -n "$quit" ]
 				then
-					dyingworker=${workers[workerid]}
-					unset workers[workerid]
-					eval echo AtOM:Die '>&'$((100+workerid))
-					wait $dyingworker
-					eval $((100+workerid))'>&-'
-					eval $((200+workerid))'<&-'
-					rm "$tempdir"/worker${workerid}{in,out}
+					destroyworker $workerid
 				elif (( active < concurrency ))
 				then
 					echo '
@@ -1474,13 +1471,7 @@ master() {
 					read -u4 ready
 					if (( remaining == 0 ))
 					then
-						dyingworker=${workers[workerid]}
-						unset workers[workerid]
-						eval echo AtOM:Die '>&'$((100+workerid))
-						wait $dyingworker
-						eval $((100+workerid))'>&-'
-						eval $((200+workerid))'<&-'
-						rm "$tempdir"/worker${workerid}{in,out}
+						destroyworker $workerid
 						continue
 					elif (( ready == 0 ))
 					then
@@ -1572,17 +1563,45 @@ master() {
 	fi
 }
 
+getworkerid() {
+	local i
+	for (( i=0 ; i < 100 ; i++ ))
+	do
+		if [ -z "${workers[i]}" ]
+		then
+			echo $i
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	# If we reach this, we have reached the hardcoded 100 workers limit
+	(( concurrency-- ))
+}
+
+createworker() {
+	mkfifo "$tempdir"/worker$1{in,out}
+	worker $1 <"$tempdir"/worker$1in >"$tempdir"/worker$1out &
+	workers[$1]=$!
+	eval exec $((100+$1))'>"$tempdir"/worker$1in'
+	eval exec $((200+$1))'<"$tempdir"/worker$1out'
+}
+
+destroyworker() {
+	dyingworker=${workers[$1]}
+	unset workers[$1]
+	[ -z "$2" ] && eval echo AtOM:Die '>&'$((100+$1))
+	wait $dyingworker
+	eval $((100+$1))'>&-'
+	eval $((200+$1))'<&-'
+	rm "$tempdir"/worker$1{in,out}
+}
+
 checkworkers() {
 	for key in ${!workers[@]}
 	do
-		if ! kill -0 ${workers[key]}
+		if ! kill -0 ${workers[key]} 2>/dev/null
 		then
-			worker $key				\
-				<"$tempdir"/worker${key}in	\
-				>"$tempdir"/worker${key}out	&
-			workers[key]=$!
-			eval exec $((100+key))'>"$tempdir"/worker${key}in'
-			eval exec $((200+key))'<"$tempdir"/worker${key}out'
+			destroyworker $key nokill
+			createworker $key
 			(( ++failed ))
 		fi
 	done
@@ -2031,19 +2050,14 @@ echo 'COMMIT;' >&3
 echo -e "\rCreated ${count:-0} tasks for $filecount files (${copies:-0} immediate copies)"
 
 masterpid=$$
-trap checkworkers USR1 ALRM
+trap checkworkers USR1 ALRM PIPE
 rm -f "$tempdir"/worker*
 concurrency=$(( maxload / 2 ))
 (( concurrency )) || concurrency=1
 active=0
 for (( i=0 ; i < concurrency ; i++ ))
 do
-	(( ++wnum ))
-	mkfifo "$tempdir"/worker${wnum}{in,out}
-	worker $wnum <"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}in >"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}out &
-	workers[wnum]=$!
-	eval exec $((100+wnum))'>"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}in'
-	eval exec $((200+wnum))'<"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}out'
+	createworker $(getworkerid)
 done
 concurrencychange=$(date +%s)
 starttime=$concurrencychange
@@ -2078,14 +2092,7 @@ do
 		then
 			concurrencychange=$(date +%s)
 			(( ++concurrency ))
-			(( ++wnum ))
-			mkfifo "$tempdir"/worker${wnum}{in,out}
-			worker $wnum				\
-				<"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}in	\
-				>"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}out	&
-			workers[wnum]=$!
-			eval exec $((100+wnum))'>"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}in'
-			eval exec $((200+wnum))'<"$tempdir"/worker${wnum}out'
+			createworker $(getworkerid)
 		fi
 	fi
 	master