Capistrano 2 deploy, forever and npm

deploy.rb

set :application, "application name"
set :repository,  "[email protected]:olekenneth/repo.git"
set :deploy_to, "/var/www/#{application}"
set :log_to, "/var/log/node"
set :use_sudo, false

set :public_children, %w{}

role :web, "do"

namespace :deploy do
  before "deploy:create_symlink", "deploy:npm"
  desc "Install all dependencies from NPM"
  task :npm do
    run "cd #{release_path} && npm install"
  end

  before "deploy:restart", "deploy:empty_log"
  desc "Empty error and output log on restart"
  task :empty_log do
    run "echo '' > #{log_to}/#{application}-err.log"
  end

  task :start do
    run "forever start -a -l #{log_to}/#{application}.log -o #{log_to}/#{application}-out.log -e #{log_to}/#{application}-err.log --sourceDir \
#{current_path} --uid #{application} index.js"
  end
  task :stop do
    run "forever stop #{application}"
  end

  task :restart, :roles => :web, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    run "forever restart #{application}"
  end
end