diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index cc33f458..57f6a637 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9785,3 +9785,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added UPDATE-2.6.0, which was missing in the official 2.6.0 release.
 - Fixed unexpected calls of the '-r' script when a recording is interrupted and
   the timer has not yet finished.
+- Now dropping capabilities after opening terminal.
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 06c0c9a9..d51bead0 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 5.7 2021/12/27 13:31:04 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 5.8 2022/06/01 14:24:57 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -525,22 +525,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           }
         }
 
-  // Set user id in case we were started as root:
-
-  if (VdrUser && geteuid() == 0) {
-     StartedAsRoot = true;
-     if (strcmp(VdrUser, "root") && strcmp(VdrUser, "0")) {
-        if (!SetKeepCaps(true))
-           return 2;
-        if (!SetUser(VdrUser, UserDump))
-           return 2;
-        if (!SetKeepCaps(false))
-           return 2;
-        if (!DropCaps())
-           return 2;
-        }
-     }
-
   // Help and version info:
 
   if (DisplayHelp || DisplayVersion) {
@@ -690,6 +674,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &savedTm);
      }
 
+  // Set user id in case we were started as root:
+
+  if (VdrUser && geteuid() == 0) {
+     StartedAsRoot = true;
+     if (strcmp(VdrUser, "root") && strcmp(VdrUser, "0")) {
+        if (!SetKeepCaps(true))
+           return 2;
+        if (!SetUser(VdrUser, UserDump))
+           return 2;
+        if (!SetKeepCaps(false))
+           return 2;
+        if (!DropCaps())
+           return 2;
+        }
+     }
+
   isyslog("VDR version %s started", VDRVERSION);
   if (StartedAsRoot && VdrUser)
      isyslog("switched to user '%s'", VdrUser);