diff -r 627b09ee74e4 -r adb0bda54e6b src/server/daemon/main.c
--- a/src/server/daemon/main.c	Mon Feb 13 13:49:49 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/server/daemon/main.c	Thu Feb 16 15:08:38 2012 +0100
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "../util/pool.h"
 #include "../public/nsapi.h"
@@ -38,15 +42,95 @@
 
 #include "httprequest.h"
 
+
+int std_pipe_fds[2];
+
 void test() {
     
 }
 
+/*
+ * SIGUSR1: reload the configuration files
+ */
+void sig_usr1_reload(int sig) {
+    printf("reload\n");
+
+    signal(SIGUSR1, sig_usr1_reload);
+}
+
+/*
+ * SIGTERM: stop the server
+ */
+void sig_term(int sig) {
+    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+void* log_pipe_thread(void *data) {
+    FILE *log_out = fopen("log.txt", "a");
+
+    char buf[1024];
+    ssize_t r;
+    while((r = read(std_pipe_fds[0], buf, 1024)) > 0) {
+        fwrite(buf, 1, r, log_out);
+        fflush(log_out);
+    }
+
+    fclose(log_out);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    //test();
+
+    /* if the -c parameter is specified, we don't create a daemon */
+    int d = 1;
+    for(int i=0;i<argc;i++) {
+        char *p = argv[i];
+        if(p[0] == '-' && p[1] == 'c') {
+            d = 0;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if(d) {
+        /* create daemon */
+        pid_t pid = fork();
+        if(pid < 0) {
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        } else if(pid > 0) {
+            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        if(setsid() < 0) {
+            printf("setsid failed\n");
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        for(int i=0;i<3;i++) {
+            close(i);
+        }
+
+        /* stdio redirection */
+        /* create pipes */
+        if(pipe(std_pipe_fds) != 0) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+        //FILE *ws_out = fdopen(std_pipe_fds[1], "w");
+        //*stdout = *ws_out;
+        //*stderr = *ws_out;
+        dup2(std_pipe_fds[1], 1);
+        dup2(std_pipe_fds[1], 2);
+
+        pthread_t tid;
+        pthread_create(&tid, NULL, log_pipe_thread, NULL);
+    }
+
     pool_init(NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-    //test();
+    /* add signal handler */
+    signal(SIGUSR1, sig_usr1_reload);
+    signal(SIGTERM, sig_term);
 
+    /* start webserver */
     int status;
     status = webserver_init();
     if(status != 0) {
@@ -60,7 +144,17 @@
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    getchar();
+    /* TODO: join threads (or not?) */
+    while(1) {
+        if(d) {
+            fflush(stdout);
+            fflush(stderr);
+        }
+        sleep(10000);
+        if(0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
 
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }