diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
index 5c25cc4e0..3020d729a 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ CoreProcess::CoreProcess(const IAppConfig &appConfig, const IServerConfig &serve
       qDebug("retry cancelled, process state is not retry pending");
     }
   });
-
-  m_daemonIpcClient->connectToServer();
 }
 
 void CoreProcess::onIpcClientServiceReady()
@@ -276,8 +274,7 @@ void CoreProcess::startProcessFromDaemon(const QString &app, const QStringList &
   }
 
   if (!m_daemonIpcClient->isConnected()) {
-    qFatal("cannot start process, daemon ipc not connected");
-    return;
+    m_daemonIpcClient->connectToServer();
   }
 
   QString commandQuoted = makeQuotedArgs(app, args);
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp b/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
index 986e4d106..e01247c2d 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ DaemonIpcClient::~DaemonIpcClient()
 
 void DaemonIpcClient::connectToServer()
 {
+  qInfo("connecting to daemon ipc");
+
   m_socket->connectToServer(kDaemonIpcName);
   if (!m_socket->waitForConnected(kTimeout)) {
     qCritical() << "ipc client failed to connect to server:" << kDaemonIpcName;