use build module instead of forking

app.js

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if (nconf.get('setup') || nconf.get('install')) {
 } else if (nconf.get('reset')) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		async.apply(require('./src/reset').reset),
-		async.apply(require('./build').build, true)
+		async.apply(require('./build').buildAll)
 	], function (err) {
 		process.exit(err ? 1 : 0);
 	});
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function setup() {
 	async.series([
 		async.apply(install.setup),
 		async.apply(loadConfig),
-		async.apply(build.build, true)
+		async.apply(build.buildAll)
 	], function (err, data) {
 		// Disregard build step data
 		data = data[0];
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function upgrade() {
 		async.apply(db.init),
 		async.apply(meta.configs.init),
 		async.apply(upgrade.upgrade),
-		async.apply(build.build, true)
+		async.apply(build.buildAll)
 	], function (err) {
 		if (err) {
 			winston.error(err.stack);

build.js

@@ -5,13 +5,19 @@ var winston = require('winston');
 
 var buildStart;
 
+var valid = ['js', 'clientCSS', 'acpCSS', 'tpl'];
+
+exports.buildAll = function (callback) {
+	exports.build(valid.join(','), callback);
+};
+
 exports.build = function build(targets, callback) {
 	buildStart = Date.now();
 
 	var db = require('./src/database');
 	var meta = require('./src/meta');
 	var plugins = require('./src/plugins');
-	var valid = ['js', 'clientCSS', 'acpCSS', 'tpl'];
+
 
 	targets = (targets === true ? valid : targets.split(',').filter(function (target) {
 		return valid.indexOf(target) !== -1;

public/src/admin/appearance/themes.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ define('admin/appearance/themes', ['translator'], function (translator) {
 					if (err) {
 						return app.alertError(err.message);
 					}
+					config['theme:id'] = themeId;
 					highlightSelectedTheme(themeId);
 
 					app.alert({

src/meta/css.js

@@ -153,15 +153,13 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	};
 
 	function minify(source, paths, destination, callback) {
+		callback = callback || function () {};
 		less.render(source, {
 			paths: paths
 		}, function (err, lessOutput) {
 			if (err) {
 				winston.error('[meta/css] Could not minify LESS/CSS: ' + err.message);
-				if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+				return callback(err);
-					callback(err);
-				}
-				return;
 			}
 
 			postcss([ autoprefixer, clean() ]).process(lessOutput.css).then(function (result) {
@@ -171,19 +169,14 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 				Meta.css[destination] = result.css;
 
 				// Save the compiled CSS in public/ so things like nginx can serve it
-				if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true' && (nconf.get('local-assets') === undefined || nconf.get('local-assets') !== false)) {
+				if (nconf.get('local-assets') === undefined || nconf.get('local-assets') !== false) {
 					return Meta.css.commitToFile(destination, function () {
-						if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+						callback(null, result.css);
-							callback(null, result.css);
-						}
 					});
 				}
 
-				if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+				callback(null, result.css);
-					callback(null, result.css);
-				}
 			});
-
 		});
 	}
 

src/socket.io/admin.js

@@ -62,14 +62,11 @@ SocketAdmin.reload = function (socket, data, callback) {
 };
 
 SocketAdmin.restart = function (socket, data, callback) {
-	// Rebuild assets and reload NodeBB
+	require('../../build').buildAll(function (err) {
-	var child_process = require('child_process');
+		if (err) {
-	var build_worker = child_process.fork('app.js', ['--build'], {
+			return callback(err)
-		cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../../'),
+		}
-		stdio: 'pipe'
-	});
 
-	build_worker.on('exit', function () {
 		events.log({
 			type: 'build',
 			uid: socket.uid,