diff --git a/opencortex.sh b/opencortex.sh
index aa08a4d..a824ae3 100755
--- a/opencortex.sh
+++ b/opencortex.sh
@@ -171,12 +171,14 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         export SKILLS_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/skills"
         [ -z "$MEMEX_DIR" ] && export MEMEX_DIR="$HOME/memex"
                 # 1. Warm the cache in the foreground (Blocking)
-        echo -e "--- Pre-compiling Neural Dependencies ---"
+        echo -e "touch "/boot.lock"
+        echo -e "--- Pre-compiling Neural Dependencies ---""
         sbcl --non-interactive --eval '(load (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp" (user-homedir-pathname)))' \
              --eval "(push (truename \"\") asdf:*central-registry*)" \
              --eval "(ql:quickload '(:opencortex :opencortex/tui :croatoan))"
         
         # 2. Now launch the actual daemon
+        rm -f "/boot.lock"
         exec sbcl --eval '(load (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp" (user-homedir-pathname)))' --eval '(setf *debugger-hook* (lambda (c h) (declare (ignore h)) (format *error-output* "FATAL LISP ERROR: ~a~%" c) (uiop:print-backtrace :stream *error-output*) (uiop:quit 1)))' --eval '(push (truename (uiop:getenv "SCRIPT_DIR")) asdf:*central-registry*)' --eval '(format t "--- Quickloading OpenCortex ---~%")' --eval "(ql:quickload '(:opencortex :croatoan))" --eval '(opencortex:main)'
         ;;
         
@@ -195,12 +197,14 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         export SKILLS_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/skills"
         [ -z "$MEMEX_DIR" ] && export MEMEX_DIR="$HOME/memex"
                 # 1. Warm the cache in the foreground (Blocking)
-        echo -e "--- Pre-compiling Neural Dependencies ---"
+        echo -e "touch "/boot.lock"
+        echo -e "--- Pre-compiling Neural Dependencies ---""
         sbcl --non-interactive --eval '(load (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp" (user-homedir-pathname)))' \
              --eval "(push (truename \"\") asdf:*central-registry*)" \
              --eval "(ql:quickload '(:opencortex :opencortex/tui :croatoan))"
         
         # 2. Now launch the actual daemon
+        rm -f "/boot.lock"
         exec sbcl --eval '(load (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp" (user-homedir-pathname)))' --eval '(push (truename (uiop:getenv "SCRIPT_DIR")) asdf:*central-registry*)' --eval '(ql:quickload :opencortex/tui)' --eval '(opencortex.tui:main)'
         ;;