diff --git a/sesman/sesman.c b/sesman/sesman.c
index 8abdc4ac..7aa098fc 100644
--- a/sesman/sesman.c
+++ b/sesman/sesman.c
@@ -342,9 +342,18 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         g_exit(1);
     }
 
+    if (daemon)
+    {
+        /* not to spit on the console, shut up stdout/stderr before anything's logged */
+        g_file_close(0);
+        g_file_close(1);
+        g_file_close(2);
+    }
+
     /* libscp initialization */
     scp_init();
 
+
     if (daemon)
     {
         /* start of daemonizing code */
@@ -363,10 +372,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
             g_exit(0);
         }
 
-        g_file_close(0);
-        g_file_close(1);
-        g_file_close(2);
-
         if (g_file_open("/dev/null") < 0)
         {
         }