diff --git a/linuxgsm.sh b/linuxgsm.sh
index 19fdf1a54..d6b526e0e 100755
--- a/linuxgsm.sh
+++ b/linuxgsm.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tmpdir="${lgsmdir}/tmp"
 datadir="${lgsmdir}/data"
 lockdir="${lgsmdir}/lock"
 sessionname="${selfname}"
-socketname="${sessionname}-$(cat "${datadir}/${selfname}.uid")"
+[ -f "${datadir}/${selfname}.uid" ] && socketname="${sessionname}-$(cat "${datadir}/${selfname}.uid")"
 serverlist="${datadir}/serverlist.csv"
 serverlistmenu="${datadir}/serverlistmenu.csv"
 [ -n "${LGSM_CONFIG}" ] && configdir="${LGSM_CONFIG}" || configdir="${lgsmdir}/config-lgsm"