diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d646d77..f616512 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
     php82-zip \
     python3 \
     py3-pip \
+    screen \
     shadow \
     sox \
     tar \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40ba1ff..2b1e56f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ ___
   * [WAN IP address](#wan-ip-address)
   * [Configure rTorrent session saving](#configure-rtorrent-session-saving)
   * [Configure rTorrent tracker scrape](#rtorrent-tracker-scrape-patch)
+  * [Configure rTorrent launch mode](#rtorrent-launch-mode)
 * [Upgrade](#upgrade)
 * [Contributing](#contributing)
 * [License](#license)
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ Image: crazymax/rtorrent-rutorrent:latest
 * `RT_TRACKER_DELAY_SCRAPE`: Delay tracker announces at startup (default `true`)
 * `RT_DHT_PORT`: DHT UDP port (`dht.port.set`, default `6881`)
 * `RT_INC_PORT`: Incoming connections (`network.port_range.set`, default `50000`)
+* `RT_DAEMON_MODE`: Run rTorrent in daemon mode (default `true`)
 
 ### ruTorrent
 
@@ -355,6 +357,13 @@ The default value is `true`. There are two main benefits to keeping this feature
 1) Software Stability: rTorrent will not crash or time-out with tens of thousands of trackers.
 2) Immediate Access: ruTorrent can be accessed immediately after rTorrent is started.
 
+## rTorrent launch mode
+`RT_DAEMON_MODE` when set to `true` will run rTorrent in the background using daemon mode.
+The default value is true for daemon mode. This will disable the rTorrent ncurses interface.
+
+`RT_DAEMON_MODE` when set to `false` will run rTorrent in the foreground using a linux screen.
+The name of the linux screen is `rtorrent`. This feature may be required for graceful exit.
+
 ## Upgrade
 
 To upgrade, pull the newer image and launch the container:
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
index 75912e4..ad8e65b 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ RT_LOG_EXECUTE=${RT_LOG_EXECUTE:-false}
 RT_LOG_XMLRPC=${RT_LOG_XMLRPC:-false}
 RT_SESSION_SAVE_SECONDS=${RT_SESSION_SAVE_SECONDS:-3600}
 RT_TRACKER_DELAY_SCRAPE=${RT_TRACKER_DELAY_SCRAPE:-true}
+RT_DAEMON_MODE=${RT_DAEMON_MODE:-true}
 
 RU_REMOVE_CORE_PLUGINS=${RU_REMOVE_CORE_PLUGINS:-httprpc}
 RU_HTTP_USER_AGENT=${RU_HTTP_USER_AGENT:-Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0}
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-create-services.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-create-services.sh
index f00c3e0..467d2f9 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-create-services.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-create-services.sh
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ cat > /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run <<EOL
 with-contenv
 /bin/export HOME /data/rtorrent
 /bin/export PWD /data/rtorrent
-s6-setuidgid ${PUID}:${PGID}
 EOL
-if [ -z "${WAN_IP}" ]; then
-  echo "rtorrent -D -o import=/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc" >> /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run
+
+[[ -z "${WAN_IP}" ]] && wan="" || wan="-i ${WAN_IP}"
+if [ "$RT_DAEMON_MODE" = false ]; then
+  echo "screen -D -m -S rtorrent s6-setuidgid ${PUID}:${PGID} rtorrent -D -o import=/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc ${wan}" >> /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run
 else
-  echo "rtorrent -D -o import=/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc -i ${WAN_IP}" >> /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run
+  echo "s6-setuidgid ${PUID}:${PGID}" >> /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run
+  echo "rtorrent -D -o import=/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc ${wan}" >> /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run
 fi
 
 chmod +x /etc/services.d/rtorrent/run
diff --git a/rootfs/tpls/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc b/rootfs/tpls/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc
index eadd727..c586248 100644
--- a/rootfs/tpls/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc
+++ b/rootfs/tpls/etc/rtorrent/.rtlocal.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Launch as a daemon
-system.daemon.set = true
+system.daemon.set = @RT_DAEMON_MODE@
 
 # Instance layout
 method.insert = cfg.basedir, private|const|string, (cat,"/data/rtorrent/")
diff --git a/test/rtorrent-rutorrent.env b/test/rtorrent-rutorrent.env
index 3af8182..c02450a 100644
--- a/test/rtorrent-rutorrent.env
+++ b/test/rtorrent-rutorrent.env
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ WEBDAV_AUTHBASIC_STRING=WebDAV restricted access
 RT_LOG_LEVEL=info
 RT_LOG_EXECUTE=false
 RT_LOG_XMLRPC=false
+RT_DAEMON_MODE=true
 
 RU_REMOVE_CORE_PLUGINS=httprpc
 RU_HTTP_USER_AGENT=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0