--- gvpe/src/gvpe.C	2011/02/15 13:31:23	1.19
+++ gvpe/src/gvpe.C	2012/12/04 10:29:43	1.22
@@ -287,12 +287,13 @@
   setup_signals ();
 
   if (!network.setup ())
-    {
-      ev_loop (EV_DEFAULT_ 0);
-      cleanup_and_exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
+    if (network.drop_privileges ())
+      {
+        ev_run (EV_DEFAULT_ 0);
+        cleanup_and_exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
 
-  slog (L_ERR, _("unrecoverable error while setting up network, exiting."));
+  slog (L_CRIT, _("unrecoverable error while setting up network, exiting."));
   cleanup_and_exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 }