diff --git a/src/chatcleaner/chatcleaner.cpp b/src/chatcleaner/chatcleaner.cpp
index b44ba4c6..71fc160d 100644
--- a/src/chatcleaner/chatcleaner.cpp
+++ b/src/chatcleaner/chatcleaner.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
 #include "cleanerserver.h"
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	#include <process.h>
+#else
+	#include <unistd.h>
+	#ifndef daemon
+		int daemon(int, int);
+	#endif
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
 	CleanerServer server;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	daemon(0, 0);
+#endif
     return a.exec();
 }