diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b9c2e91..83941d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "config",
- "daemonize",
+ "fork",
  "nom",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
@@ -221,15 +221,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "daemonize"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab8bfdaacb3c887a54d41bdf48d3af8873b3f5566469f8ba21b92057509f116e"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -262,6 +253,15 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fork"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05dc8b302e04a1c27f4fe694439ef0f29779ca4edc205b7b58f00db04e29656d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90f9006..d68dbfd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ed448 = []
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.94", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5.23", default-features = false, features = ["color", "derive", "help", "std", "string"] }
 config = { version = "0.15.6", default-features = false, features = ["toml"] }
-daemonize = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+fork = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
 nom = { version = "7.1.3", default-features = false }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.10", default-features = false, features = ["http2", "charset", "rustls-tls"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.216", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b9e0490..1cd792a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::config::AcmedConfig;
 use crate::http::HttpRoutine;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
-use daemonize::Daemonize;
+use fork::{daemon, Fork};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ pub const APP_IDENTITY: &[u8] = b"acmed\0";
 pub const APP_THREAD_NAME: &str = "acmed-runtime";
 pub const INTERNAL_HOOK_PREFIX: &str = "internal:";
 
+macro_rules! run_server {
+	($cfg: ident, $args: ident) => {
+		if let Some(pid_file_path) = $args.pid.get_pid_file() {
+			let _ = write_pid_file(pid_file_path);
+		}
+		let tokio_runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+			.enable_all()
+			.thread_name(APP_THREAD_NAME)
+			.build()
+			.unwrap()
+			.block_on(start($cfg));
+	};
+}
+
 fn main() {
 	// Load the command-line interface
 	let args = cli::CliArgs::parse();
@@ -36,18 +50,14 @@ fn main() {
 		std::process::exit(3)
 	}
 
-	// Initialize the server (PID file and daemon)
-	if init_server(args.foreground, args.pid.get_pid_file()).is_err() {
-		std::process::exit(4);
-	}
-
 	// Starting ACMEd
-	tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
-		.enable_all()
-		.thread_name(APP_THREAD_NAME)
-		.build()
-		.unwrap()
-		.block_on(start(cfg));
+	if args.foreground {
+		run_server!(cfg, args);
+	} else {
+		if let Ok(Fork::Child) = daemon(false, false) {
+			run_server!(cfg, args);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 async fn start(cnf: AcmedConfig) {
@@ -89,19 +99,6 @@ async fn debug_remove_me(http_client: crate::http::HttpClient) {
 
 // TODO: err(Alternate)
 #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", err)]
-fn init_server(foreground: bool, pid_file: Option<&Path>) -> Result<()> {
-	if !foreground {
-		let mut daemonize = Daemonize::new();
-		if let Some(f) = pid_file {
-			daemonize = daemonize.pid_file(f);
-		}
-		daemonize.start()?
-	} else if let Some(f) = pid_file {
-		write_pid_file(f)?
-	}
-	Ok(())
-}
-
 fn write_pid_file(pid_file: &Path) -> Result<()> {
 	let data = format!("{}\n", process::id()).into_bytes();
 	let mut file = File::create(pid_file)?;