From 1c5761ce2658ef875ac5bbcb5d1315768a21e0e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nyuszika7h <nyuszika7h@openmailbox.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:22:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make the ping thread daemonized to allow the bot to quit

---
 src/handler.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/handler.py b/src/handler.py
index 110b8a2..5b0aa8b 100644
--- a/src/handler.py
+++ b/src/handler.py
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ def connect_callback(cli):
         if var.SERVER_PING_INTERVAL > 0:
             def ping_server_timer(cli):
                 ping_server(cli)
-                threading.Timer(var.SERVER_PING_INTERVAL, ping_server_timer, args=(cli,)).start()
+
+                t = threading.Timer(var.SERVER_PING_INTERVAL, ping_server_timer, args=(cli,))
+                t.daemon = True
+                t.start()
 
             ping_server_timer(cli)