--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/lib/functions b/lib/functions
+index ced6e97..fac4c46 100644
+--- a/lib/functions
++++ b/lib/functions
+@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ _daemon_set_ulimits() {
+
+ # A function to start a program (now it's useful on read-only filesystem too)
+ daemon() {
+- local errors="" prog="" end="" waitname="" waittime=""
++ local errors="" prog="" end="" waitname="" waittime=0
+ local exit_code=0
+ local nice=$SERVICE_RUN_NICE_LEVEL
+ local fork user closefds redirfds pidfile makepid chdir=/