diff --git a/feuille.c b/feuille.c
index 6f15a3e..034f0cf 100644
--- a/feuille.c
+++ b/feuille.c
@@ -171,9 +171,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* locale */
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
-    /* syslog setup */
+    /* syslog */
     openlog("feuille", LOG_NDELAY | LOG_PERROR, LOG_USER);
 
+    /* ignore signals that could kill feuille */
+    signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* when send(2) or write(2) fails */
+
+
     /* settings */
     long long tmp;
 
@@ -347,6 +351,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if ((server = initialize_server()) == -1)
         die(errno, "Failed to initialize server socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
+
     /* make feuille run in the background */
     if (!settings.foreground) {
         verbose(1, "making feuille run in the background...");
@@ -355,11 +360,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         daemon(1, 0);
     }
 
-    /* ignore most signals that could kill feuille */
-    verbose(3, "ignoring signals that could kill feuille...");
-
-    signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* when send(2) or write(2) fails */
-
 
     /* chroot and drop root permissions */
     if (getuid() == 0) {
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     pledge("proc stdio rpath wpath cpath inet", "stdio rpath wpath cpath inet");
 #endif
 
+
 #ifndef DEBUG
     /* create a thread pool for incoming connections */
     verbose(1, "initializing worker pool...");