diff --git a/internal/commands/commands.go b/internal/commands/commands.go
index 5e2db716f..d4c9ee14c 100644
--- a/internal/commands/commands.go
+++ b/internal/commands/commands.go
@@ -7,10 +7,35 @@ https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/wiki/Commands
 */
 package commands
 
-import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/util"
+	"github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
 
 var log *logrus.Logger
 
 func init() {
 	log = logrus.StandardLogger()
 }
+
+func childAlreadyRunning(filePath string) (pid int, running bool) {
+	if !util.Exists(filePath) {
+		return pid, false
+	}
+
+	pid, err := daemon.ReadPidFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return pid, false
+	}
+
+	process, err := os.FindProcess(int(pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return pid, false
+	}
+
+	return pid, process.Signal(syscall.Signal(0)) == nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/commands/start.go b/internal/commands/start.go
index cd797a3eb..67ef961a1 100644
--- a/internal/commands/start.go
+++ b/internal/commands/start.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func startAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err := conf.Init(cctx); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
 	conf.MigrateDb()
 
 	dctx := new(daemon.Context)
@@ -129,21 +130,3 @@ func startAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func childAlreadyRunning(filePath string) (pid int, running bool) {
-	if !util.Exists(filePath) {
-		return pid, false
-	}
-
-	pid, err := daemon.ReadPidFile(filePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return pid, false
-	}
-
-	process, err := os.FindProcess(int(pid))
-	if err != nil {
-		return pid, false
-	}
-
-	return pid, process.Signal(syscall.Signal(0)) == nil
-}