diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 975f55ed..471e687d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	if (!l_main_init())
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
 	sigemptyset(&mask);
 	sigaddset(&mask, SIGINT);
 	sigaddset(&mask, SIGTERM);
@@ -231,5 +234,7 @@ done:
 	l_signal_remove(signal);
 	l_timeout_remove(timeout);
 
+	l_main_exit();
+
 	return exit_status;
 }