diff --git a/poller-service.py b/poller-service.py
index b424041302..9bb9d570d1 100755
--- a/poller-service.py
+++ b/poller-service.py
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ def poll_worker(thread_id):
 t = []
 for i in range(0, amount_of_workers):
     t.append(threading.Thread(target=poll_worker, args=[i]))
+    t[i].daemon = True
     t[i].start()