diff --git a/edbob/daemon.py b/edbob/daemon.py
index 11fbfaa..05c90cb 100644
--- a/edbob/daemon.py
+++ b/edbob/daemon.py
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-# This code was stolen from:
+# This code was (mostly, with some tweaks) stolen from:
 # http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/
 
 import sys, os, time, atexit
+import stat
 from signal import SIGTERM 
 
 class Daemon:
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class Daemon:
 		atexit.register(self.delpid)
 		pid = str(os.getpid())
 		file(self.pidfile,'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)
+		os.chmod(self.pidfile, stat.S_IRUSR|stat.S_IWUSR)
 	
 	def delpid(self):
 		os.remove(self.pidfile)