diff --git a/PBot/StdinReader.pm b/PBot/StdinReader.pm
index 8b88f0f0..94738621 100644
--- a/PBot/StdinReader.pm
+++ b/PBot/StdinReader.pm
@@ -25,19 +25,23 @@ sub initialize {
   $self->{pbot} = $conf{pbot} // Carp::croak("Missing pbot reference in StdinReader");
 
   # create implicit bot-admin account for bot
-  if (not $self->{pbot}->{users}->find_admin('.*', '*!stdin@pbot')) {
+  my $user = $self->{pbot}->{users}->find_user('.*', '*!stdin@pbot');
+  if (not defined $user or not $self->{pbot}->{capabilities}->userhas($user, 'botowner')) {
     my $botnick = $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('irc', 'botnick');
-    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Adding stdin admin *!stdin\@pbot...\n");
-    $self->{pbot}->{users}->add_user($botnick, '.*', '*!stdin@pbot', 100, undef, 1);
+    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Adding stdin botowner *!stdin\@pbot...\n");
+    $self->{pbot}->{users}->add_user($botnick, '.*', '*!stdin@pbot', 'botowner', undef, 1);
     $self->{pbot}->{users}->login($botnick, "$botnick!stdin\@pbot", undef);
     $self->{pbot}->{users}->save;
   }
 
   # used to check whether process is in background or foreground, for stdin reading
-  open TTY, "</dev/tty" or die $!;
-  $self->{tty_fd} = fileno(TTY);
-
-  $self->{pbot}->{select_handler}->add_reader(\*STDIN, sub { $self->stdin_reader(@_) });
+  if (not $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('general', 'daemon')) {
+    open TTY, "</dev/tty" or die $!;
+    $self->{tty_fd} = fileno(TTY);
+    $self->{pbot}->{select_handler}->add_reader(\*STDIN, sub { $self->stdin_reader(@_) });
+  } else {
+    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Starting in daemon mode.\n");
+  }
 }
 
 sub stdin_reader {