diff --git a/daemonize.go b/daemonize.go
index 56423f5..5bfed7d 100644
--- a/daemonize.go
+++ b/daemonize.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func exitOnUsr1() {
 // forkChild - execute ourselves once again, this time with the "-f" flag, and
 // wait for SIGUSR1 or child exit.
 // This is a workaround for the missing true fork function in Go.
-func forkChild() {
+func forkChild() int {
 	go exitOnUsr1()
 	name := os.Args[0]
 	newArgs := []string{"-f", fmt.Sprintf("-notifypid=%d", os.Getpid())}
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func forkChild() {
 	err := c.Start()
 	if err != nil {
 		tlog.Fatal.Printf("forkChild: starting %s failed: %v\n", name, err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return 1
 	}
 	err = c.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func forkChild() {
 			}
 		}
 		tlog.Fatal.Printf("forkChild: wait returned an unknown error: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return 1
 	}
 	// The child exited with 0 - let's do the same.
-	os.Exit(0)
+	return 0
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9034e3f..7a29e68 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	args := parseCliArgs()
 
-	// Fork a child into the background if "-f" is not set AND we are mounting a filesystem
+	// Fork a child into the background if "-f" is not set AND we are mounting
+	// a filesystem. The child will do all the work.
 	if !args.foreground && flagSet.NArg() == 2 {
-		forkChild() // does not return
+		ret := forkChild()
+		os.Exit(ret)
 	}
 	if args.debug {
 		tlog.Debug.Enabled = true