diff -p -up ConsoleKit-0.4.2/src/main.c.daemonize_later ConsoleKit-0.4.2/src/main.c
--- ConsoleKit-0.4.2/src/main.c.daemonize_later	2010-09-03 15:54:31.000000000 +0200
+++ ConsoleKit-0.4.2/src/main.c	2010-09-27 10:39:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -288,10 +288,6 @@ main (int    argc,
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        if (! no_daemon && daemon (0, 0)) {
-                g_error ("Could not daemonize: %s", g_strerror (errno));
-        }
-
         setup_debug_log (debug);
 
         g_debug ("initializing console-kit-daemon %s", VERSION);
@@ -320,6 +316,10 @@ main (int    argc,
 
         create_pid_file ();
 
+        if (! no_daemon && daemon (0, 0)) {
+                g_error ("Could not daemonize: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+        }
+
         loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
 
         g_signal_connect (bus_proxy,