diff --git a/server/run.sh b/server/run.sh
index 2327ee9..07c76bb 100755
--- a/server/run.sh
+++ b/server/run.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 cd /home/dsyoon/workspace/meeting_ai/server
 
+PORT="${PORT:-8018}"
+
+if lsof -ti tcp:"${PORT}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Stopping existing server on port ${PORT}..."
+  lsof -ti tcp:"${PORT}" | xargs -r kill -9
+  sleep 1
+fi
+
 npm install
 npm run build
 
-PORT="${PORT:-8018}" nohup npm run start > server.log 2>&1 &
+PORT="${PORT}" nohup npm run start > server.log 2>&1 &
 echo "Server started (PID: $!). Logs: server.log"
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