diff --git a/src/porting.cpp b/src/porting.cpp
index ef461242..ca43452a 100644
--- a/src/porting.cpp
+++ b/src/porting.cpp
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ void daemonize()
 		pidfile = 0;
 	}
 
+	
 	pid_t pid = fork();
 
 	if (pid > 0) {
@@ -648,8 +649,9 @@ void daemonize()
 		}
 		exit (0);
 	} else if (pid == 0) {
-		fclose(stdout);
-		fclose(stderr);
+		freopen("/dev/null","w",stdout);
+		freopen("/dev/null","w",stderr);
+		freopen("/dev/null","r",stdout);
 		return;
 	}