diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index fc83da7..4233eb3 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -53,12 +53,20 @@ error_usage() {
 
 # Function to start a virtual machine
 public_start() {
+    if [ "$1" = -f ] || [ "$1" = --foreground ]; then
+        daemonize=
+    else
+        daemonize=-daemonize
+    fi
+
+    while echo "$1" | grep -q '^-'; do shift; done;
+
     export QEMUSH_NAME="$1"
 
     set -- "$@" \
         -name "$QEMUSH_NAME" \
         -monitor "unix:$(pathof socket),server,nowait" \
-        -daemonize
+        $daemonize
 
     if ! "$@"; then
         perror "error launching virtual machine \"${QEMUSH_NAME}\""