diff -p -up ./idesk-0.7.5/src/App.cpp.fork ./idesk-0.7.5/src/App.cpp
--- idesk-0.7.5/src/App.cpp.fork	2005-09-02 07:06:54.000000000 +0200
+++ idesk-0.7.5/src/App.cpp	2008-05-22 16:30:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "App.h"
 #include <signal.h>
+#include "AbstractClasses.h"
 /*#include <sys/wait.h>*/
 
 Application::Application(int arg, char ** args) : AbstractApp(arg, args)
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Application::Application(int arg, char *
     if (!processArguments())
         _exit(1);
 
-    startIdesk();
 }
 
 Application::~Application()
@@ -66,8 +67,11 @@ void signalhandler(int sig){
 	if(sig == SIGCHLD){
 	  int status;
 	  waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG|WUNTRACED);
-	}else{
-	  _exit(1); 	
+	}else if (sig == SIGHUP ) {
+        app->restartIdesk();
+	    _exit(2);
+    }else {
+	    _exit(1); 	
 	}
 }
 
@@ -93,12 +97,11 @@ void Application::restartIdesk()
 {
     container->saveState();
     cout << "restarting idesk\n";
-    delete container;
-    
-    
+    cout << "restarting idesk\n";
+    //delete container;
     //startIdesk();
     //container->create();
     //container->run();
-
     execvp( argv[0], argv );
+    cout << "restarting idesk failed\n";
 }
diff -p -up ./idesk-0.7.5/src/App.h.fork ./idesk-0.7.5/src/App.h
--- idesk-0.7.5/src/App.h.fork	2005-09-02 07:05:28.000000000 +0200
+++ idesk-0.7.5/src/App.h	2008-05-22 16:29:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ class Application : public AbstractApp
         void restartIdesk(); 
 };
 
-
+extern Application *app;
 #endif
diff -p -up ./idesk-0.7.5/src/Main.cpp.fork ./idesk-0.7.5/src/Main.cpp
--- idesk-0.7.5/src/Main.cpp.fork	2005-08-04 22:09:20.000000000 +0200
+++ idesk-0.7.5/src/Main.cpp	2008-05-22 16:29:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
  */
 
 #include "App.h"
-
+Application *app;
 int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 {
-    Application * app = new Application(argc, argv);
+    app = new Application(argc, argv);
+    app->startIdesk();
 
     delete app;