diff --git a/nginx/templates/config.jinja b/nginx/templates/config.jinja
index e863a45..f9ec2ab 100644
--- a/nginx/templates/config.jinja
+++ b/nginx/templates/config.jinja
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ worker_rlimit_nofile {{ worker_rlimit_nofile }};
 
 error_log /var/log/nginx/error.fifo warn;
 pid {{ nginx.get('pid', '/var/run/nginx.pid') }};
-daemon {{ nginx.get('daemon', 'off') }};
+daemon {{ nginx.get('daemon', 'on') }};
 
 events {
     worker_connections {{ nginx.get('events', {}).get('worker_connections', 1024) }};