diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 6a33755..3d241b5 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -1230,41 +1230,8 @@ encodeFile::vorbis() {
 	progressSpin
 }
 
-checkFinished() {
-	#retrieve info from finished transcodeFile()
-	#update counters / metadata
-	:
-}
-
-checkLoad() {
-	#if load > threshold
-	#	decrease concurrency
-	#elif load < threshold
-	#	increase concurrency
-	#fi
-	:
-}
-
-readUserInput() {
-	#read + / - / q(uit) / p(ause)
-	#initiate shutdown / change load threshold / SIGSTOP all children / SIGCONT all children
-	:
-}
-
-transcodeLauncher() {
-	checkLoad
-	checkFinished
-	#until running processes < max processes
-	#do
-		checkLoad
-		checkFinished
-		readUserInput
-	#done
-	transcodeFile &
-	#update counter / metadata
-}
-
 worker() {
+	trap "kill -USR1 $masterpid" EXIT
 	set +e
 	while :
 	do
@@ -1392,12 +1359,13 @@ master() {
 			'work')
 				if [ -n "$quit" ]
 				then
+					dyingworker=${workers[workerid]}
+					unset workers[workerid]
 					eval echo AtOM:Die '>&'$((100+workerid))
-					wait ${workers[workerid]}
+					wait $dyingworker
 					eval $((100+workerid))'>&-'
 					eval $((200+workerid))'<&-'
 					rm "$tempdir"/worker${workerid}{in,out}
-					unset workers[workerid]
 				elif (( active < concurrency ))
 				then
 					echo '
@@ -1457,12 +1425,13 @@ master() {
 					read -u4 ready
 					if (( remaining == 0 ))
 					then
+						dyingworker=${workers[workerid]}
+						unset workers[workerid]
 						eval echo AtOM:Die '>&'$((100+workerid))
-						wait ${workers[workerid]}
+						wait $dyingworker
 						eval $((100+workerid))'>&-'
 						eval $((200+workerid))'<&-'
 						rm "$tempdir"/worker${workerid}{in,out}
-						unset workers[workerid]
 						continue
 					elif (( ready == 0 ))
 					then
@@ -1475,12 +1444,13 @@ master() {
 					fi
 					eval echo '"$line" >&'$((100+workerid))
 				else
+					dyingworker=${workers[workerid]}
+					unset workers[workerid]
 					eval echo AtOM:Die '>&'$((100+workerid))
-					wait ${workers[workerid]}
+					wait $dyingworker
 					eval $((100+workerid))'>&-'
 					eval $((200+workerid))'<&-'
 					rm "$tempdir"/worker${workerid}{in,out}
-					unset workers[workerid]
 				fi
 			;;
 			?(f)'inished')
@@ -1538,6 +1508,21 @@ master() {
 	fi
 }
 
+checkworkers() {
+	for key in ${!workers[@]}
+	do
+		if ! kill -0 ${workers[key]}
+		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'
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 #UI
 
 if [ ! -f ~/.atom/atom.cfg ]
@@ -1980,6 +1965,8 @@ done
 echo 'COMMIT;' >&3
 echo -e "\rCreated ${count:-0} tasks for $filecount files (${copies:-0} immediate copies)"
 
+masterpid=$$
+trap checkworkers USR1
 rm -f "$tempdir"/worker*
 concurrency=$(( maxload / 2 ))
 (( concurrency )) || concurrency=1