diff --git a/src/queue.js b/src/queue.js
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-"use strict";
-Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.RESULTS_PATH = void 0;
-var asyncLib = require("async");
-var fs = require("fs");
-var net = require("net");
-// will just write to wherever the process is running, but the server needs to be launched from the same directory so we use an abs path
-exports.RESULTS_PATH = "".concat(__dirname, "/results.json");
-function launchQueueServer() {
-    // ensure results.json exists
-    if (!fs.existsSync(exports.RESULTS_PATH)) {
-        fs.writeFileSync(exports.RESULTS_PATH, '{}');
-    }
-    // Create a write to result.json queue with a concurrency of 1
-    // Possibly the simplest fix would be to run this as a separate process, then we can enforce messages sent to this queue are processed in order
-    var queue = asyncLib.queue(function (task, callback) {
-        var analysisKey = task.analysisKey, results = task.results;
-        console.log('received task', analysisKey);
-        // read the results from aggregate results.json
-        var fileContent = fs.readFileSync(exports.RESULTS_PATH, 'utf8');
-        var existingResults = JSON.parse(fileContent);
-        existingResults[analysisKey] = results;
-        try {
-            fs.writeFileSync(exports.RESULTS_PATH, JSON.stringify(existingResults, null, 2));
-            console.log("\"".concat(analysisKey, "\" written to ").concat(exports.RESULTS_PATH));
-            callback();
-        }
-        catch (err) {
-            console.error('Error writing to results.json', err);
-            callback(err);
-        }
-    }, 1);
-    queue.drain(function () {
-        console.log('no more tasks to process');
-    });
-    // this event listener receives tasks from the parallel processes
-    var server = net.createServer(function (socket) {
-        socket.on('data', function (data) {
-            var task = JSON.parse(data.toString());
-            queue.push(task);
-        });
-    });
-    console.log('Queue server listening on port 8000');
-    server.listen(8000);
-}
-// for use with zst_decompresser.js
-if (require.main === module) {
-    launchQueueServer();
-}