diff -Nru surface-tools-20180914git.orig/autorotate/autorotate surface-tools-20180914git/autorotate/autorotate
--- surface-tools-20180914git.orig/autorotate/autorotate	2018-09-14 10:58:53.959407234 +0200
+++ surface-tools-20180914git/autorotate/autorotate	2018-09-15 12:58:25.572548316 +0200
@@ -163,5 +163,11 @@
     # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622084#c12
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
-    GObject.idle_add(checkRotation)
-    Gtk.main()
+    newRef=os.fork()
+    if newRef==0:
+        GObject.idle_add(checkRotation)
+        Gtk.main()
+    else:
+        checkRotation()
+
+