lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm | 8 ++++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
index a25dd90fa407e81ac1a430474ee4779d7563c5d5..512bb2083c5c65f84f9627c455780c19b7abc62b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
@@ -376,12 +376,12 @@ 			} elsif ($s =~ /\A(?:QUIT|TERM|INT)\z/) {
 				exit if $quit++;
 				kill_workers($s);
 			} elsif ($s eq 'WINCH') {
-				if (-t STDIN || -t STDOUT || -t STDERR) {
+				if ($daemonize) {
+					$worker_processes = 0;
+				} else {
 					warn
-"ignoring SIGWINCH while connected to terminal\n";
+"ignoring SIGWINCH since we are not daemonized\n";
 					$SIG{WINCH} = 'IGNORE';
-				} else {
-					$worker_processes = 0;
 				}
 			} elsif ($s eq 'HUP') {
 				$worker_processes = $set_workers;