diff -urp pads-1.2.orig/src/configuration.c pads-1.2/src/configuration.c
--- pads-1.2.orig/src/configuration.c	2008-07-08 14:28:29.000000000 -0400
+++ pads-1.2/src/configuration.c	2008-07-15 15:59:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void parse_line (bstring line)
             else
                 gc.daemon_mode = 0;
         }
-
+        become_daemon();
     } else if ((biseqcstr(param, "pid_file")) == 1) {
             /* PID FILE */
         gc.pid_file = bstrcpy(value);
diff -urp pads-1.2.orig/src/pads.c pads-1.2/src/pads.c
--- pads-1.2.orig/src/pads.c	2008-07-12 08:36:10.000000000 -0400
+++ pads-1.2/src/pads.c	2008-07-15 16:02:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -236,21 +236,13 @@ init_pads (void)
         if ((activate_output_plugin(name, gc.report_file)) == -1)
             err_message("Error:  'activate_output_plugin' in function 'init_pads' failed.");
         bdestroy(name);
+        become_daemon();
     }
 
     /* Initialize Modules */
     init_identification();
     init_mac_resolution();
 
-    /* Daemon Mode:  fork child process */
-    if (gc.daemon_mode) {
-        verbose_message("[-] Daemonizing...\n");
-        if (daemon(0, 0) < 0) {
-            err_message("Daemonize failed");
-        }
-        init_pid_file(gc.pid_file, gc.priv_user, gc.priv_group);
-    }
-
     /* Signal Trapping */
     (void) signal(SIGTERM, sig_term_handler);
     (void) signal(SIGINT, sig_int_handler);
@@ -291,9 +283,13 @@ main_pads (void)
 
         /* Determine Sniffing Interface */
         if (!gc.dev) {
+            char *dev;
             verbose_message("Looking for sniffing interface");
-            if (!(gc.dev = pcap_lookupdev(errbuf)))
-                err_message("Unable to find a sniffing interface!  (%s)", errbuf);
+            dev = pcap_lookupdev(errbuf);
+            if (!dev)
+                err_message("Unable to find a sniffing interface!  (%s)",
+                        errbuf);
+            gc.dev = strdup(dev);
         }
 
         /* Set up libpcap connection. */
diff -urp pads-1.2.orig/src/util.c pads-1.2/src/util.c
--- pads-1.2.orig/src/util.c	2008-07-08 14:28:29.000000000 -0400
+++ pads-1.2/src/util.c	2008-07-15 16:02:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ chomp (char *string, int size)
  * INPUT        : 0 - PID filename
  * RETURN       : None!
  * ---------------------------------------------------------- */
-void
+static void
 init_pid_file (bstring pid_file, bstring user, bstring group)
 {
     int pid;
@@ -116,6 +116,23 @@ init_pid_file (bstring pid_file, bstring
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------
+ *  * FUNCTION     : become_daemon
+ *   * DESCRIPTION  : This function makes pads into a daemon
+ *    * RETURN       : none
+ *     * ---------------------------------------------------------- */
+void become_daemon(void)
+{
+    if (gc.daemon_mode) {
+        /* Daemon Mode:  fork child process */
+        verbose_message("[-] Daemonizing...\n");
+        if (daemon(0, 0) < 0) {
+            err_message("Daemonize failed");
+        }
+        init_pid_file(gc.pid_file, gc.priv_user, gc.priv_group);
+    }
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------
  * FUNCTION     : copy_argv
  * DESCRIPTION  : This function will flatten argv into a
  *              : single string.  This function was taken
diff -urp pads-1.2.orig/src/util.h pads-1.2/src/util.h
--- pads-1.2.orig/src/util.h	2008-07-08 14:28:29.000000000 -0400
+++ pads-1.2/src/util.h	2008-07-15 16:03:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 /* PROTOTYPES -------------------------------------- */
 void strip_comment (char *string);
 int chomp (char *string, int size);
-void init_pid_file (bstring pid_file, bstring user, bstring group);
+void become_daemon(void);
 char *copy_argv(register char **argv);
 void log_message (const char *msg, ...)
 #ifdef __GNUC__