@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

 	}

 	ctx->clamdopts = clamdopts;

+        ret = startup_checks(ctx);

+        if (ret) {

+            goto clean_up;

+        }

+

+#ifndef _WIN32

+        if (!optget(ctx->opts, "foreground")->enabled) {

+            if (-1 == daemonize()) {

+                logg("!Clamonacc: could not daemonize\n");

+                return 2;

+            }

+        }

+#endif

+

 	/* Setup our client */

 	switch(onas_setup_client(&ctx)) {

 		case CL_SUCCESS:

@@ -101,20 +115,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

 			break;

 	}

-        ret = startup_checks(ctx);

-        if (ret) {

-            goto clean_up;

-        }

-

-#ifndef _WIN32

-        if (!optget(ctx->opts, "foreground")->enabled) {

-            if (-1 == daemonize()) {

-                logg("!Clamonacc: could not daemonize\n");

-                return 2;

-            }

-        }

-#endif

-

         ctx->maxthreads = optget(ctx->clamdopts, "OnAccessMaxThreads")->numarg;

         /* Setup our event queue */

@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ static int startup_checks(struct onas_context *ctx) {

 		goto done;

 	}

+        if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING)) {

+            ret = 2;

+            goto done;

+        }

+

 	if (0 == onas_check_remote(&ctx, &err)) {

 		if(!optget(ctx->clamdopts, "OnAccessExcludeUID")->enabled &&

 				!optget(ctx->clamdopts, "OnAccessExcludeUname")->enabled) {

@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@ cl_error_t onas_setup_client (struct onas_context **ctx) {

 	return CL_EARG;

     }

-    if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING)) {

-        return CL_EARG;

-    }

-

     (*ctx)->timeout = optget((*ctx)->clamdopts, "OnAccessCurlTimeout")->numarg;

     (*ctx)->retry_attempts = optget((*ctx)->clamdopts, "OnAccessRetryAttempts")->numarg;

     (*ctx)->retry_attempts ? ((*ctx)->retry_on_error = 1) : ((*ctx)->retry_on_error = 0);