diff --git a/copr_status.service b/copr_status.service
index 1dbb371..22fea00 100644
--- a/copr_status.service
+++ b/copr_status.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Copr Status
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/plackup -Ilib
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/perl -Ilib util/start.pl
 WorkingDirectory=path/to/copr-status
 Restart=on-failure
 
diff --git a/util/start.pl b/util/start.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf6a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/start.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use CoprStatus;
+use YAML::XS 'LoadFile';
+
+my $config = LoadFile('config.yaml');
+
+sub update_files {
+  while(1) {
+    my $user = $config->{User};
+    my $repo_index = 0;
+    foreach my $branch (@{$config->{Branches}}) {
+      CoprStatus::download_specs($branch, $user, ${$config->{Repositories}}[$repo_index]);
+      $repo_index += 1;
+    }
+
+    sleep $config->{UpdateRate};
+  }
+}
+
+my $child_pid = fork();
+if($child_pid) {
+  update_files();
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+system("plackup -Ilib");
+
diff --git a/util/update_files.pl b/util/update_files.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f84366..0000000
--- a/util/update_files.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-use CoprStatus;
-use YAML::XS 'LoadFile';
-
-my $config = LoadFile('config.yaml');
-
-sub update_files {
-  while(1) {
-    my $user = $config->{User};
-    my $repo_index = 0;
-    foreach my $branch (@{$config->{Branches}}) {
-      CoprStatus::download_specs($branch, $user, ${$config->{Repositories}}[$repo_index]);
-      $repo_index += 1;
-    }
-
-    sleep $config->{UpdateRate};
-  }
-}
-
-update_files();
-
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