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+var nThen = require("nthen");
+var Tasks = require("../../storage/tasks");
+var Logger = require("../../lib/log");
+
+var config = require("../../lib/load-config");
+
+// this isn't strictly necessary for what we want to do
+// but the API requires it, and I don't feel like changing that
+// --ansuz
+var FileStorage = require("../../" + (config.storage || "./storage/file"));
+
+var tasks;
+var paths;
+nThen(function (w) {
+    Logger.create(config, w(function (_log) {
+        config.log = _log;
+    }));
+}).nThen(function (w) {
+    FileStorage.create(config, w(function (_store) {
+        config.store = _store;
+    }));
+}).nThen(function (w) {
+    Tasks.create(config, w(function (err, _tasks) {
+        if (err) { throw err; }
+        tasks = config.tasks = _tasks;
+    }));
+}).nThen(function (w) {
+    tasks.migrate(w(function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+            throw err;
+        }
+    }));
+}).nThen(function () {
+    config.store.shutdown();
+    config.log.shutdown();
+});