diff --git a/shadowsocks/daemon.py b/shadowsocks/daemon.py
index 9e252e0..ec6676c 100644
--- a/shadowsocks/daemon.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/daemon.py
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ def daemon_start(pid_file, log_file):
         os.kill(ppid, signal.SIGINT)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    print('started')
-    os.kill(ppid, signal.SIGTERM)
-
     os.setsid()
     signal.signal(signal.SIG_IGN, signal.SIGHUP)
 
+    print('started')
+    os.kill(ppid, signal.SIGTERM)
+
     sys.stdin.close()
     try:
         freopen(log_file, 'a', sys.stdout)