diff --git a/bin/monitor b/bin/monitor
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..555c6a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/monitor
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env node
+
+var path = require('path'),
+    forever = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'lib', 'forever')),
+    started;
+
+
+
+process.on('message', function (data) {
+  // TODO: Find out if this data will ever get split into two message events.
+  var options = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+  if (!started) {
+    started = true;
+    start(options);
+  }
+});
+
+function start(options) {
+  var script = process.argv[2],
+      monitor = new forever.Monitor(script, options);
+
+  monitor.start();
+
+  monitor.on('start', function () {
+    // This starts an nssocket server, which the forever CLI uses to
+    // communicate with this monitor process after it's detached.
+    // Without this, `forever list` won't show the process, even though it
+    // would still be running in the background unaffected.
+    forever.startServer(monitor);
+    // Disconnect the IPC channel, letting this monitor's parent process know
+    // that the child has started successfully.
+    process.disconnect();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index 1f3d0c64..bbf2df43 100644
--- a/lib/forever.js
+++ b/lib/forever.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
     exec = require('child_process').exec,
     spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
     cliff = require('cliff'),
-    daemon = require('daemon'),
     nconf = require('nconf'),
     nssocket = require('nssocket'),
     portfinder = require('portfinder'),
@@ -375,20 +374,29 @@ forever.startDaemon = function (script, options) {
   options.logFile = forever.logFilePath(options.logFile || options.uid + '.log');
   options.pidFile = forever.pidFilePath(options.pidFile || options.uid + '.pid');
 
-  var monitor = new forever.Monitor(script, options),
-      pid;
+  var monitor, outFD, errFD, workerPath;
 
-  pid = daemon.start(options.logFile);
-  daemon.lock(options.pidFile);
+/*
+ * This log file is forever's log file - the user's outFile and errFile
+ * options are not taken into account here.  This will be an aggregate of all
+ * the app's output, as well as messages from the monitor process, where
+ * applicable.
+ *
+ */
 
-  // process.on('exit', function () {
-  //   fs.unlinkSync(options.pidFile);
-  // });
+  outFD = fs.openSync(options.logFile, 'a');
+  errFD = fs.openSync(options.logFile, 'a');
+  monitorPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'bin', 'monitor');
 
-  process.pid = pid;
-  monitor.start();
-  
-  return monitor;
+  monitor = spawn(monitorPath, [ script ], {
+    stdio: [ 'ipc', outFD, errFD ],
+    detached: true
+  });
+  monitor.on('exit', function (code) {
+    console.error('Monitor died unexpectedly with exit code %d', code);
+  });
+  monitor.send(JSON.stringify(options));
+  monitor.unref();
 };
 
 //
diff --git a/lib/forever/cli.js b/lib/forever/cli.js
index 7a32c72e..d22694f0 100644
--- a/lib/forever/cli.js
+++ b/lib/forever/cli.js
@@ -226,10 +226,7 @@ app.cmd(/start (.+)/, cli.startDaemon = function () {
 
   forever.log.info('Forever processing file: ' + file.grey);
   tryStart(file, options, function () {
-    var monitor = forever.startDaemon(file, options);
-    monitor.on('start', function () {
-      forever.startServer(monitor);
-    });
+    forever.startDaemon(file, options);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34e09c22..57e46332 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "broadway": "0.1.x",
     "cliff": "0.x.x",
-    "daemon": "0.5.x",
     "flatiron": "0.1.x",
     "minimatch": "0.2.x",
     "nconf": "0.5.x",
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
     "test": "vows test/**/*-test.js --spec -i"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 0.6.0"
+    "node": ">= 0.7.11"
   }
 }