diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e92eec3..6899059 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 
 RUN curl -s -o "/tmp/libtorrent-${LIBTORRENT_VERSION}.tar.gz" -L "$LIBTORRENT_URL" && \
     FILE_HASH="$(sha256sum /tmp/libtorrent-${LIBTORRENT_VERSION}.tar.gz | cut -d' ' -f1)" && \
-    echo hey; \
     du -sh "/tmp/libtorrent-${LIBTORRENT_VERSION}.tar.gz"; \
     if [ ! "$LIBTORRENT_HASH" = "$FILE_HASH" ]; then \
         echo "SHA256 verification failed!" && \
@@ -69,7 +68,9 @@ COPY --from=build /tmp/rtorrent.rc.template /tmp/rtorrent.rc.template
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y \
         libcurl4 \
-        libncursesw6 && \
+        libncursesw6 \
+        procps \
+        screen && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 9c77626..70ba848 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu
 
+# Polling interval
+SLEEP_INTERVAL=${SLEEP_INTERVAL:-2}
+
 # GID/UID
 USER_ID=${GUID:-1000}
 GROUP_ID=${PGID:-1000}
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ id -u rtorrent &>/dev/null || \
 
 # Update group/user IDs
 groupmod -o -g "$GROUP_ID" rtorrent
-usermod -o -u "$USER_ID" rtorrent 2>/dev/null
+usermod -o -u "$USER_ID" rtorrent &>/dev/null
 
 # Copy default config
 if [ ! -e /home/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc ]; then
@@ -20,5 +23,18 @@ if [ ! -e /home/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc ]; then
     chown rtorrent:rtorrent /home/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc
 fi
 
-# Execute as the rtorrent user
-su - rtorrent -c "rtorrent"
+# Start rtorrent in a detached screen session
+su - rtorrent -c "screen -dmS rtorrent rtorrent" &
+
+# Wait for the su process to finish
+wait $!
+
+# Find rtorrent PID and monitor it
+RTORRENT_PID="$(pgrep -f "^rtorrent$")"
+
+# Trap for graceful shutdown
+trap 'su - rtorrent -c "kill -15 $RTORRENT_PID"' SIGTERM SIGINT
+
+# Wait for PID
+while kill -0 "$RTORRENT_PID" 2>/dev/null; do sleep "$SLEEP_INTERVAL"; done
+exit 0