diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f55dd13..5ef1bcf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(.)
 
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=4
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=3
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=5
 
 BETA=
 
diff --git a/jackd.c b/jackd.c
index 8f3ee6c..e732095 100644
--- a/jackd.c
+++ b/jackd.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static nframes_t frames_per_interrupt = 64;
 static nframes_t srate = 48000;
 static int realtime = 0;
 static int realtime_priority = 10;
-static int with_fork = 0;
+static int with_fork = 1;
 
 static void
 cleanup ()