diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Amy de Buitléir
+Copyright (c) Amy de Buitléir 2010-2015
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
diff --git a/creatur.cabal b/creatur.cabal
--- a/creatur.cabal
+++ b/creatur.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:              creatur
-Version:           5.9.5
+Version:           5.9.6
 Stability:         experimental
 Synopsis:          Framework for artificial life experiments.
 Description:       A software framework for automating experiments
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 source-repository this
   type:     git
   location: https://github.com/mhwombat/creatur.git
-  tag:      5.9.5
+  tag:      5.9.6
 
 library
   GHC-Options:      -Wall -fno-warn-orphans
@@ -78,16 +78,17 @@
                     filepath ==1.4.*,
                     gray-extended ==1.*,
                     hdaemonize ==0.5.*,
-                    MonadRandom ==0.3.*,
+                    hsyslog ==2.0,
+                    MonadRandom ==0.4.*,
                     mtl ==2.2.*,
                     old-locale ==1.0.*,
                     process ==1.2.*,
                     random ==1.1.*,
                     split ==0.2.*,
-                    time ==1.4.* || ==1.5.*,
+                    time ==1.5.*,
                     transformers ==0.4.*,
                     unix ==2.7.*,
-                    zlib ==0.5.*
+                    zlib ==0.6.*
 
 Test-suite creatur-tests
   Type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
@@ -102,14 +103,15 @@
                     creatur,
                     directory ==1.2.*,
                     filepath ==1.4.*,
+                    hsyslog ==2.0,
                     HUnit ==1.2.*,
-                    MonadRandom ==0.3.*,
+                    MonadRandom ==0.4.*,
                     mtl ==2.2.*,
                     temporary ==1.2.*,
                     test-framework ==0.8.*,
                     test-framework-hunit ==0.3.*,
                     test-framework-quickcheck2 ==0.3.*,
-                    QuickCheck ==2.7.* || ==2.8.*
+                    QuickCheck ==2.8.*
   Other-modules:    ALife.Creatur.ChecklistQC
                     ALife.Creatur.CounterQC
                     ALife.Creatur.Database.CachedFileSystemQC
diff --git a/src/ALife/Creatur/Daemon.hs b/src/ALife/Creatur/Daemon.hs
--- a/src/ALife/Creatur/Daemon.hs
+++ b/src/ALife/Creatur/Daemon.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     CreaturDaemon(..),
     simpleDaemon,
     launch,
+    launchInteractive,
     requestShutdown
   ) where
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 import qualified System.Posix.Daemonize as D
 import System.Posix.Signals (Handler(Catch), fullSignalSet, 
   installHandler, sigTERM)
+import System.Posix.Syslog (Priority(Warning), syslog)
 import System.Posix.User (getLoginName, getRealUserID)
 
 termReceived :: MVar Bool
@@ -77,6 +79,12 @@
       u <- defaultToLoginName (D.user . daemon $ d)
       D.serviced $ (daemon d) { D.user = u }
 
+launchInteractive :: Job s -> s -> IO ()
+launchInteractive j s = do
+  s' <- onStartup j s
+  daemonMain j s' ()
+  return ()
+
 defaultToLoginName :: Maybe String -> IO (Maybe String)
 defaultToLoginName (Just "") = fmap Just getLoginName
 defaultToLoginName x = return x
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@
 wrap t = catch t
   (\e -> do
      let err = show (e :: SomeException)
+     syslog Warning ("Unhandled exception: " ++ err)
      hPutStr stderr ("Unhandled exception: " ++ err)
      return ())