# Plexamp headless closes when I close putty **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [July 21, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011 "2023-07-21T19:28:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rhintintin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rhintintin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhintintin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/1 "2023-07-21T19:28:02Z")
I’m having fun sorting out the headless app. This, I’m hoping is the simplest of the issues i’ve encountered. Plexamp headless is installed, it runs, it works. wooohooo!! However… I’m connecting via ssh using putty. So far so great. Except if I close putty, the headless app drops. What can I do to stop this? And is there a way i can add this to start automatically on system startup ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/2 "2023-07-21T20:00:02Z")
It needs to run as a service, see [Plexamp on the Raspberry Pi](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-the-raspberry-pi/791500) ---
**Author:** ![rhintintin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rhintintin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhintintin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/3 "2023-07-21T20:35:31Z")
Hmm. I think I’ve done something a bit odd when I installed. I’m not on a Pi though I don’t think that should matter. The installation path is different but I’ve accounted for that when copying the service. Not sure if this is where I’m having the problem. 4. Install the Plexamp service if you feel like having it start on boot (and why wouldn’t you?). CTRL-C out of the foreground running Plexamp and do this: so I’ve got the headless running and then hit ctrl-c at that point the headless instance stops. Is that then causing be a problem copying the service over? ---
**Author:** ![rhintintin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rhintintin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhintintin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/4 "2023-07-21T20:43:19Z")
Damn, wait, i rekon issue is in the plexamp.service file presumably in exec start. i can’t seem to work out how to format the line so it will work though. but it was pointing to somewhere where index.js isn’t. It’s in two parts, is that right? ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/5 "2023-07-21T20:57:00Z")
> [@rhintintin](#): > > It’s in two parts, is that right? I don’t know what that means, but I highly recommend installing it in the default place, especially if you’re not a systemd expert 😅 ---
**Author:** ![odinb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@odinb1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/odinb1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/6 "2023-07-21T21:08:51Z")
If you want to, you can install it [via a script](https://github.com/odinb/bash-plexamp-installer). ---
**Author:** ![rhintintin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rhintintin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhintintin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/7 "2023-07-21T21:22:50Z")
I just mean the address in that line was split, a space between the two parts of execstart WorkingDirectory=/plexamp ExecStart=/home/chris /plexamp/js/index.js Restart=on-failure I’ll have another crack reinstalling. I followed a different guide originally because I’m not using a pi. But looking at the guide again I must just have misunderstood how to install it… hopefully I can manage it! ---
**Author:** ![rhintintin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rhintintin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhintintin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/8 "2023-07-21T21:24:11Z")
Cool. I might try that on the other hardware that I’m trying to install on, given that script looks to install node16 and my system is stubbornly refusing to do so and is stuck on 12. ---
**Author:** ![Ryuzaki\_2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ryuzaki_2/32/211321_2.png) [@Ryuzaki\_2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ryuzaki_2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/9 "2023-07-21T21:26:37Z")
The script is the way. ---
**Author:** ![rhintintin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rhintintin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhintintin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/10 "2023-07-21T21:38:11Z")
yes it was! I still needed to manually copy plexamp.service possibly because there was a version already there. But afterwards it’s up and running! Obliged! ---
**Author:** ![odinb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@odinb1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/odinb1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/11 "2023-07-21T22:30:09Z")
> [@rhintintin](#): > > Cool. I might try that on the other hardware that I’m trying to install on, given that script looks to install node16 and my system is stubbornly refusing to do so and is stuck on 12. As long as it is Debian, the script will fix the node-issue! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-closes-when-i-close-putty/848011/12 "2023-10-19T22:30:43Z")
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