diff --git a/hbd b/hbd
index 7e814ef..cfe8dbb 100755
--- a/hbd
+++ b/hbd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# $Id: hbd,v 1.13 2006/11/07 20:21:43 andreas Exp $
+# $Id: hbd,v 1.14 2006/11/07 20:25:21 andreas Exp $
 # Wait for heartbeat messages and act on them (or their absence)
 #
 import time, os, string, sys, socket, atexit, select, SocketServer, getopt, signal, cPickle
@@ -560,14 +560,13 @@ ilist.append(sock)
 serv=SocketServer.TCPServer((hbd_host,hbd_port),HtmlHandler)
 ilist.append(serv.fileno())
 
-if not forground:
-	if not restart:
-		pid=os.fork()
-		if pid > 0:
-			if verbose:
-				print "daemoinizing... pid=%d" % pid
-			sys.exit(0)
-	
+if not forground and not restart:
+	pid=os.fork()
+	if pid > 0:
+		if verbose:
+			print "daemoinizing... pid=%d" % pid
+		sys.exit(0)
+
 	verbose=False
 	os.close(0)
 	os.close(1)