diff --git a/node.php b/node.php
index 84f2ebc..8ebf14d 100644
--- a/node.php
+++ b/node.php
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 define("ADMIN_MODE", false); //set to true to allow unsafe operations, set back to false when finished
 
+//set to true for shared hosts that periodically kill user's processes (such as node)
+define("RESTART_PROCESS", false);
+
 define("NODE_VER", "v5.7.0");
 
 define("NODE_ARCH", "x" . substr(php_uname("m"), -2)); //x86 or x64
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ function node_start($file) {
 	$node_pid = exec("PORT=" . NODE_PORT . " " . NODE_DIR . "/bin/node $file >nodeout 2>&1 & echo $!");
 	echo $node_pid > 0 ? "Done. PID=$node_pid\n" : "Failed.\n";
 	file_put_contents("nodepid", $node_pid, LOCK_EX);
+	if($node_pid>0){
+		file_put_contents('nodestart', $file, LOCK_EX);
+	}
 	sleep(1); //Wait for node to spin up
 	echo file_get_contents("nodeout");
 }
@@ -118,6 +124,17 @@ function node_serve($path = "") {
 		echo "Node.js is not yet running. Switch to Admin Mode and <a href='?start'>Start it</a>\n";
 		node_foot();
 		return;
+	}elseif($RESTART_PROCESS && $node_pid && !posix_getpgid($node_pid)){
+		$nodestart = file_get_contents('nodestart');
+		if($nodestart){
+			node_start($nodestart);
+			//wait for node process to start, then retry to node_serve
+			sleep(5);
+			node_serve($path);
+			return;
+		}
+		echo "Please switch to Admin Mode and manually restart the server. <a href='?start'>Start it</a>\n";
+		return;
 	}
 	$curl = curl_init("http://127.0.0.1:" . NODE_PORT . "/$path");
 	curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);