diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1dc3a3..e3e4894 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-.PHONY: all clean norm author help
+.PHONY: all clean norm author author-stop author-restart help
 
 VENV := .venv
 PY := $(VENV)/bin/python
 PIP := $(VENV)/bin/pip
 PERM_DIR := /home/zaine/master-folder/projects/scripts/bash-scripts
 
-all: set-perms clean-output build search clean-venv author
+AUTHOR_PORT := 8765
+AUTHOR_PID := /home/zaine/logs/authoring-server.pid
+AUTHOR_LOG := /home/zaine/logs/authoring-server.log
+
+all: set-perms clean-output build search clean-venv author-restart
 
 build:
 	@echo "Building project..."
@@ -37,18 +41,49 @@ norm:
 	find . -path ./backups -prune -o -type f -name '*~' -exec mv {} backups/ \;
 
 author:
-	@echo "Starting local authoring UI..."
+	@echo "Starting local authoring UI in foreground..."
 	python3 authoring_server.py
 
-# Show help message
+author-stop:
+	@echo "Stopping existing authoring UI if running..."
+	@mkdir -p /home/zaine/logs
+	@if [ -f "$(AUTHOR_PID)" ]; then \
+		PID=$$(cat "$(AUTHOR_PID)"); \
+		if kill -0 $$PID 2>/dev/null; then \
+			echo "Killing PID $$PID"; \
+			kill $$PID || true; \
+			sleep 1; \
+		fi; \
+		rm -f "$(AUTHOR_PID)"; \
+	fi
+	@fuser -k $(AUTHOR_PORT)/tcp 2>/dev/null || true
+
+author-restart: author-stop
+	@echo "Starting authoring UI on port $(AUTHOR_PORT)..."
+	@mkdir -p /home/zaine/logs
+	@nohup python3 authoring_server.py > "$(AUTHOR_LOG)" 2>&1 & echo $$! > "$(AUTHOR_PID)"
+	@echo "Waiting for authoring UI to respond..."
+	@for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do \
+		if curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:$(AUTHOR_PORT)/ >/dev/null; then \
+			echo "Authoring UI is running on http://127.0.0.1:$(AUTHOR_PORT)/"; \
+			exit 0; \
+		fi; \
+		sleep 1; \
+	done; \
+	echo "Authoring UI failed to start. Last logs:"; \
+	tail -n 40 "$(AUTHOR_LOG)" || true; \
+	exit 1
+
 help:
 	@echo "Available targets:"
-	@echo "  make        - Full rebuild"
-	@echo "  make build  - Rebuild the output directory"
-	@echo "  make set-perms - Set permissions for output directory"
-	@echo "  make clean-output  - Remove output directory"
-	@echo "  make clean-venv  - Remove venv directory"
-	@echo "  make norm   - Move all files that end with ~ to the backup folder"
-	@echo "  make author - Start the local authoring UI"
-	@echo "  make search - creates the search index"
-	@echo "  make help   - Show this help message!"
+	@echo "  make                 - Full rebuild and restart authoring UI"
+	@echo "  make build           - Rebuild the output directory"
+	@echo "  make set-perms       - Set permissions for output directory"
+	@echo "  make clean-output    - Remove output directory"
+	@echo "  make clean-venv      - Remove venv directory"
+	@echo "  make norm            - Move backup files"
+	@echo "  make author          - Start the local authoring UI in foreground"
+	@echo "  make author-stop     - Stop the authoring UI"
+	@echo "  make author-restart  - Restart the authoring UI in background"
+	@echo "  make search          - Create the search index"
+	@echo "  make help            - Show this help message"
diff --git a/posts/posts-list.org b/posts/posts-list.org
index e96dbc7..fdba436 100755
--- a/posts/posts-list.org
+++ b/posts/posts-list.org
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 See the categories: @@html:<a href="../home/categories.html">Categories</a>@@
 
 * Posts:
-- [[file:career/career-list.org][Career List]] @@html:<span class="post-date">07-05-2026 14:21</span>@@ 
+- [[file:career/career-list.org][Career List]] @@html:<span class="post-date">07-05-2026 14:34</span>@@ 
 - [[file:posts-list.sync-conflict-20260417-233432-VT6366A.org][Posts List]] @@html:<span class="post-date">14-04-2026 16:36</span>@@ 
 - [[file:career/ha-dr.org][High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity]] @@html:<span class="post-date">11-03-2026 17:18</span>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/learning.html"><span class="post-tag">learning</span></a>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/notes.html"><span class="post-tag">notes</span></a>@@
 - [[file:career/javascript.org][Understands the Javascript language]] @@html:<span class="post-date">11-03-2026 16:52</span>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/learning.html"><span class="post-tag">learning</span></a>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/notes.html"><span class="post-tag">notes</span></a>@@
diff --git a/sitemap.org b/sitemap.org
index edd6256..46aa752 100755
--- a/sitemap.org
+++ b/sitemap.org
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
   - [[file:tags/notes.org][Tag: notes]]
   - [[file:tags/review.org][Tag: review]]
   - [[file:tags/website.org][Tag: website]]
-  - [[file:tags/life.org][Tag: life]]
   - [[file:tags/update.org][Tag: update]]
-  - [[file:tags/insights.org][Tag: insights]]
-  - [[file:tags/emacs.org][Tag: emacs]]
+  - [[file:tags/life.org][Tag: life]]
   - [[file:tags/education.org][Tag: education]]
+  - [[file:tags/insights.org][Tag: insights]]
   - [[file:tags/reading.org][Tag: reading]]
+  - [[file:tags/emacs.org][Tag: emacs]]
   - [[file:tags/maths.org][Tag: maths]]
 - home
   - [[file:home/countdown.org][Countdown]]