diff --git a/src/cmd/uts-server.c b/src/cmd/uts-server.c
index af9aff0..5c7fcf6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/uts-server.c
+++ b/src/cmd/uts-server.c
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &args);
     int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
-    if (args.daemonize)
-        skeleton_daemon();
-
     // get the current path, the configuration can be relative to this path
    char conf_wd[PATH_MAX];
    if (getcwd(conf_wd, sizeof(conf_wd)) == NULL){
@@ -73,6 +70,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
+    if (args.daemonize)
+        skeleton_daemon();
+
     syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "uts-server daemon starting with conf '%s' from working dir '%s'", args.conffile, conf_wd);
 
     while (1) {