diff --git a/server-ca/start_daemons b/server-ca/start_daemons
index d4d4c17be..805ba385b 100755
--- a/server-ca/start_daemons
+++ b/server-ca/start_daemons
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@
 redis-cli del exit
 
 echo "Starting logger daemon..."
-nohup ./logging-daemon.py &
+nohup ./logging-daemon.py $@ &
 
 # TODO: an attempt to reconstruct or expire sessions from previous
 # runs of the daemon should occur here.
 
 echo "Starting issue daemon..."
-nohup ./issue-daemon.py &
+nohup ./issue-daemon.py $@ &
 
 for instance in a b c
 do
   echo "Starting testchallenge daemon $instance..."
-  nohup ./testchallenge-daemon.py &
+  nohup ./testchallenge-daemon.py $@ &
 done
 
 echo "Starting makechallenge daemon..."
-nohup ./makechallenge-daemon.py &
+nohup ./makechallenge-daemon.py $@ &
 
 echo "Starting payment daemon..."
-nohup ./payment-daemon.py &
+nohup ./payment-daemon.py $@ &