1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 99b9fb9..1643200 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			pidPath, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXLOCK | O_CLOEXEC, 0600
 		);
 		if (pidFile < 0) err(EX_CANTCREAT, "%s", pidPath);
+
+		error = ftruncate(pidFile, 0);
+		if (error) err(EX_IOERR, "%s", pidPath);
 	}
 
 	// We can't lock a named pipe, so just warn if it already exists.