diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
index 555f33196b75f1ce938a405c5b77ed2c31a876ab..d80101cc5c6f43b820c861ef8ea6c96455e6aa67 100755
--- a/bin/start.sh
+++ b/bin/start.sh
@@ -11,41 +11,6 @@ bootnodes="enode://${bootnodeid}@[$bootnodev6]:${bootnodeport},enode://${bootnod
 
 bfaconfig max
 
-function startgeth
-{
-    while :
-    do
-        echo
-        echo '***'
-        echo
-        set -x
-        geth			            \
-	    --datadir ${BFANODEDIR}	    \
-	    $( accountlist )	            \
-	    $( miner )		            \
-	    --networkid $BFANETWORKID       \
-	    --bootnodes "${bootnodes}"      \
-	    --rpc			    \
-	    --rpcport $rpcport	            \
-	    --rpcapi "eth,net,web3,admin,clique,miner"	\
-	    --port $netport		    \
-	    --syncmode full		    \
-	    --nousb			    \
-            --txpool.nolocals               \
-            --txpool.accountslots 128       \
-            --txpool.globalslots 32768      \
-            --txpool.accountqueue 512       \
-            --txpool.globalqueue 8192       \
-            --extradata "${BFAEXTRADATA}"   \
-	    --cache 512		            \
-	    --verbosity 3			&
-        set +x
-        echo $! > ${BFANODEDIR}/geth.pid
-        wait
-        sleep 60
-    done
-}
-
 function accountlist
 {
     local accts=
@@ -77,15 +42,42 @@ function miner
 
 
 # Start the miner.
-test -e "${BFANODEDIR}/geth.pid" ||
-    touch ${BFANODEDIR}/geth.pid
 (
     flock --nonblock --exclusive 9 || exit 1
-    startgeth 2>&1 |
-        ${BFAHOME}/bin/log.sh ${BFANODEDIR}/log &
     if [ -t 1 ]
     then
         echo Logging everything to ${BFANODEDIR}/log
         echo Consider running: tail -n 1000 -F ${BFANODEDIR}/log
     fi
+    while :
+    do
+        echo
+        echo '***'
+        echo
+        set -x
+        geth			            \
+	    --datadir ${BFANODEDIR}	    \
+	    $( accountlist )	            \
+	    $( miner )		            \
+	    --networkid $BFANETWORKID       \
+	    --bootnodes "${bootnodes}"      \
+	    --rpc			    \
+	    --rpcport $rpcport	            \
+	    --rpcapi "eth,net,web3,admin,clique,miner"	\
+	    --port $netport		    \
+	    --syncmode full		    \
+	    --nousb			    \
+            --txpool.nolocals               \
+            --txpool.accountslots 128       \
+            --txpool.globalslots 32768      \
+            --txpool.accountqueue 512       \
+            --txpool.globalqueue 8192       \
+            --extradata "${BFAEXTRADATA}"   \
+	    --cache 512		            \
+	    --verbosity 3			&
+        set +x
+        echo $! > ${BFANODEDIR}/geth.pid
+        wait
+        sleep 60
+    done 2>&1 | ${BFAHOME}/bin/log.sh ${BFANODEDIR}/log &
 ) 9>> ${$BFANODEDIR}/geth.pid