diff --git a/packages/electron/ssh-manager.mjs b/packages/electron/ssh-manager.mjs
index e21ab19a..7a8f801d 100644
--- a/packages/electron/ssh-manager.mjs
+++ b/packages/electron/ssh-manager.mjs
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ export class ElectronSshManager {
     if (secret) {
       envPrefix += ` OPENCHAMBER_UI_PASSWORD=${shellQuote(secret)}`;
     }
-    const output = await runRemoteCommand(parsed, controlPath, `${envPrefix} openchamber serve --daemon --hostname 127.0.0.1 --port ${desiredPort}`);
+    const output = await runRemoteCommand(parsed, controlPath, `${envPrefix} openchamber serve --hostname 127.0.0.1 --port ${desiredPort}`);
     const port = output.split(/\s+/).map((token) => Number.parseInt(token, 10)).find((value) => Number.isFinite(value));
     return port || desiredPort;
   }
diff --git a/packages/web/bin/cli.js b/packages/web/bin/cli.js
index b50e2ed0..82517971 100755
--- a/packages/web/bin/cli.js
+++ b/packages/web/bin/cli.js
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ function parseArgs(argv = process.argv.slice(2)) {
         break;
       case 'daemon':
       case 'd':
-        removedFlagErrors.push('`--daemon` was removed. OpenChamber now always runs in daemon mode.');
+        // Legacy no-op: daemon mode is already the default, but older clients
+        // may still pass this when starting a remote server.
         break;
       case 'try-cf-tunnel':
         removedFlagErrors.push('`--try-cf-tunnel` was removed. Use: openchamber tunnel start --provider cloudflare --mode quick');
diff --git a/packages/web/bin/cli.test.js b/packages/web/bin/cli.test.js
index d45cacfa..78c4fb7a 100644
--- a/packages/web/bin/cli.test.js
+++ b/packages/web/bin/cli.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 
 import { isModuleCliExecution, normalizeCliEntryPath } from './cli-entry.js';
+import { parseArgs } from './cli.js';
+
+describe('cli args', () => {
+  it('accepts legacy daemon flags as no-ops', () => {
+    expect(parseArgs(['serve', '--daemon']).removedFlagErrors).toEqual([]);
+    expect(parseArgs(['serve', '-d']).removedFlagErrors).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
 
 describe('cli entry detection', () => {
   const modulePath = '/tmp/openchamber/bin/cli.js';