diff --git a/feuille.c b/feuille.c
index 67787ad..4222ffd 100644
--- a/feuille.c
+++ b/feuille.c
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (argc != 0)
         usage(1);
 
-
     /* output folder checks */
     char path[PATH_MAX];
 
@@ -233,20 +232,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     chdir(path);
 
-    /* user checks */
-    if (strlen(settings.user) == 0)
-        settings.user = "nobody";
-
-    verbose(2, "getting uid and gid of user `%s'...", settings.user);
-
-    struct passwd *user;
-    if ((user = getpwnam(settings.user)) == NULL)
-        die(1, "User `%s' doesn't exist\n", settings.user);
-
-    int uid = user->pw_uid;
-    int gid = user->pw_gid;
-
-
     /* server socket creation (before dropping root permissions) */
     verbose(1, "initializing server socket...");
 
@@ -254,17 +239,20 @@ 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...");
-        verbose(2, "closing input / output file descriptors...");
-
-        daemon(1, 0);
-    }
-
-
     /* chroot and drop root permissions */
     if (getuid() == 0) {
+        if (strlen(settings.user) == 0)
+            settings.user = "nobody";
+
+        verbose(2, "getting uid and gid of user `%s'...", settings.user);
+
+        struct passwd *user;
+        if ((user = getpwnam(settings.user)) == NULL)
+            die(1, "User `%s' doesn't exist\n", settings.user);
+
+        int uid = user->pw_uid;
+        int gid = user->pw_gid;
+
         verbose(2, "setting owner of `%s' to `%s'...", path, settings.user);
         chown(path, uid, gid);
 
@@ -284,12 +272,31 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         puts("");
     }
 
+    /* run feuille in the background */
+    if (!settings.foreground) {
+        verbose(1, "making feuille run in the background...");
+        verbose(2, "closing input / output file descriptors...");
+
+        int pid;
+        if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
+            exit(1);
+
+        else if (pid > 0)
+            exit(0);
+
+        if (setsid() < 0)
+            exit(1);
+
+        freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin);
+        freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
+        freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr);
+    }
+
     /* OpenBSD-only security measures */
     #ifdef __OpenBSD__
     pledge("proc stdio rpath wpath cpath inet", "stdio rpath wpath cpath inet");
     #endif
 
-
     /* create a thread pool for incoming connections */
     verbose(1, "initializing worker pool...");
 
@@ -372,7 +379,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             die(errno, "Could not initialize worker n. %d: %s\n", i, strerror(errno));
     }
 
-
     sleep(1);
 
     verbose(1, "all workers have been initialized.");