diff --git a/sslh-main.c b/sslh-main.c
index 5887ccc..388a383 100644
--- a/sslh-main.c
+++ b/sslh-main.c
@@ -288,14 +288,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char* envp[])
    if (!cfg.foreground) {
        if (fork() > 0) exit(0); /* Detach */
        // close stdin, stderr, stdout
-       // closing stdin frees a filehandle, and 0 will not be reused, so no problem
-       // with control-jobs, trying to catch fd/0
-       close(fileno(stdin));
        int newfd;
        // duplicating a handle connected to /dev/null to stdout and stderr
        // so we don't run in any problems, when a control-job wor whats-o-ever will
        // grab stdout and stderr
        if ((newfd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR))) {
+         dup2 (newfd, STDIN_FILENO);
          dup2 (newfd, STDOUT_FILENO);
          dup2 (newfd, STDERR_FILENO);
          // close the helper handle, as this is now unnecessary