--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtd.C	2007/12/14 02:22:24	1.43
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtd.C	2008/02/19 13:37:17	1.44
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@
         }
     }
 
-  chdir ("/");
-
   if (opt_opendisplay)
     displays.get (getenv ("DISPLAY")); // open display and never release it
 
   char *sockname = rxvt_connection::unix_sockname ();
   unix_listener l (sockname);
 
+  chdir ("/");
+
   if (!opt_quiet)
     {
       printf ("rxvt-unicode daemon listening on %s.\n", sockname);