diff --git a/src/git-remote-pear.js b/src/git-remote-pear.js
index cba4e9c..6d389f7 100755
--- a/src/git-remote-pear.js
+++ b/src/git-remote-pear.js
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@ const repoName = matches[2]
 const store = new Corestore(RAM)
 const swarm = new Hyperswarm({ keypair: home.getKeyPair() })
 
-let daemonPid
-if (!home.isDaemonRunning()) {
-  const opts = {
-   detached: true,
-   stdio: [ 'ignore', home.getOutStream(), home.getErrStream() ]
-  }
-  const daemon = spawn('git-peard', opts)
-  daemonPid = daemon.pid
-  home.storeDaemonPid(daemonPid)
-  // TODO: remove in case of error or exit but allow unref
-  // daemon.on('error', home.removeDaemonPid)
-  // daemon.on('exit', home.removeDaemonPid)
-  console.error('started daemon', daemonPid)
-  daemon.unref()
-}
+// let daemonPid
+// if (!home.isDaemonRunning()) {
+//   const opts = {
+//    detached: true,
+//    stdio: [ 'ignore', home.getOutStream(), home.getErrStream() ]
+//   }
+//   const daemon = spawn('git-peard', opts)
+//   daemonPid = daemon.pid
+//   home.storeDaemonPid(daemonPid)
+//   // TODO: remove in case of error or exit but allow unref
+//   // daemon.on('error', home.removeDaemonPid)
+//   // daemon.on('exit', home.removeDaemonPid)
+//   console.error('started daemon', daemonPid)
+//   daemon.unref()
+// }
 
 swarm.join(crypto.discoveryKey(Buffer.from(targetKey, 'hex')), { server: false })
 
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ async function talkToGit (refs, drive, repoName, rpc) {
       const publicKey = home.readPk()
       const res = await rpc.request(command, Buffer.from(`${publicKey}/${repoName}:${dst}`))
 
-      process.kill(daemonPid || home.getDaemonPid())
-      home.removeDaemonPid()
+      // process.kill(daemonPid || home.getDaemonPid())
+      // home.removeDaemonPid()
 
       process.stdout.write(res.toString())
       process.stdout.write('\n\n')