diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37226d7..051c4ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ Cargo.lock
 **/*.rs.bk
 *.pdb
 /target
-nohup.out
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad6dbca..8f3b699 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"]}
 kagiyama = "0.3.0"
-mtemp = { git = "https://git.midefos.com/midefos/mtemp.git", branch = "main" }
 anyhow = "1.0.79"
+daemonize = "0.5.0"
+mtemp = "0.1.21"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 401fb8e..a5f1a51 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,34 @@
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use daemonize::Daemonize;
 use kagiyama::prometheus::metrics::gauge::Gauge;
 use kagiyama::{AlwaysReady, Watcher};
 use mtemp::Mtemp;
 use std::env;
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
-use tokio::spawn;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tokio::time::Duration;
 
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let name = "mtemp-monitor";
+    let stdout = File::create(format!("/tmp/{}.log", name)).context("Error creating log file")?;
+    let daemonize = Daemonize::new()
+        .pid_file(format!("/tmp/{}.pid", name))
+        .stdout(stdout)
+        .chown_pid_file(true)
+        .working_directory("/");
+
+    match daemonize.start() {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            println!("daemon started");
+            tokio_main()
+        }
+        Err(err) => Err(anyhow!("{:?}", err)),
+    }
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+async fn tokio_main() -> Result<()> {
     let interval_secs: u64 = env::var("MTEMP_INTERVAL")
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| "1".to_string())
         .parse()?;
@@ -19,59 +38,51 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut watcher = Watcher::<AlwaysReady>::default();
     watcher.start_server(addr.parse()?).await;
 
-    // CPU
+    let interval = Duration::from_secs(interval_secs);
+
+    let cpu_gauge = Gauge::<f64, AtomicU64>::default();
     {
-        spawn(async move {
-            let interval = Duration::from_secs(interval_secs);
+        let mut registry = watcher.metrics_registry();
+        registry.register(
+            "cpu_temp",
+            "Shows the temperature of the CPU in degrees C",
+            cpu_gauge.clone(),
+        );
+    }
 
-            let cpu_gauge = Gauge::<f64, AtomicU64>::default();
-            {
-                let mut registry = watcher.metrics_registry();
-                registry.register(
-                    "cpu_temp",
-                    "Shows the temperature of the CPU in degrees C",
-                    cpu_gauge.clone(),
-                );
-            }
+    let gpu_gauge = Gauge::<f64, AtomicU64>::default();
+    {
+        let mut registry = watcher.metrics_registry();
+        registry.register(
+            "gpu_temp",
+            "Shows the temperature of the GPU in degrees C",
+            gpu_gauge.clone(),
+        );
+    }
 
-            let gpu_gauge = Gauge::<f64, AtomicU64>::default();
-            {
-                let mut registry = watcher.metrics_registry();
-                registry.register(
-                    "gpu_temp",
-                    "Shows the temperature of the GPU in degrees C",
-                    gpu_gauge.clone(),
-                );
-            }
-
-            let disk_gauge = Gauge::<f64, AtomicU64>::default();
-            {
-                let mut registry = watcher.metrics_registry();
-                registry.register(
-                    "disk_temp",
-                    "Shows the temperature of the disk in degrees C",
-                    disk_gauge.clone(),
-                );
-            }
-
-            loop {
-                sleep(interval).await;
-                if let Some(cpu) = Mtemp::cpu() {
-                    cpu_gauge.set(cpu);
-                }
-                if let Some(gpu) = Mtemp::gpu() {
-                    gpu_gauge.set(gpu);
-                }
-                if let Some(disk) = Mtemp::disk() {
-                    disk_gauge.set(disk);
-                }
-            }
-        });
+    let disk_gauge = Gauge::<f64, AtomicU64>::default();
+    {
+        let mut registry = watcher.metrics_registry();
+        registry.register(
+            "disk_temp",
+            "Shows the temperature of the disk in degrees C",
+            disk_gauge.clone(),
+        );
     }
 
     println!("interval set every {} seconds", interval_secs);
     println!("listening on {}", addr);
-    tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await.unwrap();
 
-    Ok(())
+    loop {
+        sleep(interval).await;
+        if let Some(cpu) = Mtemp::cpu() {
+            cpu_gauge.set(cpu);
+        }
+        if let Some(gpu) = Mtemp::gpu() {
+            gpu_gauge.set(gpu);
+        }
+        if let Some(disk) = Mtemp::disk() {
+            disk_gauge.set(disk);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index bdce7c8..b65a502 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-nohup cargo r -r &
+cargo run --release 
 sleep 1
 echo "Monitor started"