diff --git a/src/application.c b/src/application.c
index 8a325c8..4112e75 100644
--- a/src/application.c
+++ b/src/application.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 	/* Check if parent PID == init, in which case we are already a daemon */
 	if (getppid() == 1)
-		return -EEXIST;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Fork from the parent process */
 	pid = fork();