diff --git a/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php b/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php
--- a/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php
+++ b/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 // script, except it loads the Phabricator environment and adds some Phabricator
 // specific flags.
 
+declare(ticks = 1);
+
 $root = dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
 require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';