diff --git a/cvsup/cvsup b/cvsup/cvsup
index c38edc4..c599c69 100755
--- a/cvsup/cvsup
+++ b/cvsup/cvsup
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ fi
 if ( [ -e $LOCKFILE ]); then
 	LOCKPID=`cat $LOCKFILE`
 	if ( ! ps -p $LOCKPID|egrep -q "$LOCKPID" ); then
-		die "Stale lockfile found: $LOCKFILE"
+		echo "Stale lockfile found: $LOCKFILE"
+		rm $LOCKFILE
 	else
 		if ( ! [ -z "$PS1" ] ); then
 			echo "already running..."