diff --git a/client/controller.cpp b/client/controller.cpp
index 1abf22aa..af6c1dc0 100644
--- a/client/controller.cpp
+++ b/client/controller.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 
-Controller::Controller() : MessageReceiver(), active_(false), latency_(0), stream_(nullptr), decoder_(nullptr), player_(nullptr), serverSettings_(nullptr), asyncException_(false)
+Controller::Controller(size_t instance) : MessageReceiver(), 
+	instance_(instance), 
+	active_(false), 
+	latency_(0), 
+	stream_(nullptr), 
+	decoder_(nullptr), 
+	player_(nullptr), 
+	serverSettings_(nullptr), 
+	asyncException_(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ void Controller::worker()
 		{
 			clientConnection_->start();
 
-			msg::Hello hello(clientConnection_->getMacAddress());
+			msg::Hello hello(clientConnection_->getMacAddress(), instance_);
 			clientConnection_->send(&hello);
 
 			msg::Time timeReq;
diff --git a/client/controller.h b/client/controller.h
index 1b3cf101..24287dcc 100644
--- a/client/controller.h
+++ b/client/controller.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 class Controller : public MessageReceiver
 {
 public:
-	Controller();
+	Controller(size_t instance);
 	void start(const PcmDevice& pcmDevice, const std::string& host, size_t port, int latency);
 	void stop();
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public:
 private:
 	void worker();
 	bool sendTimeSyncMessage(long after = 1000);
+	size_t instance_;
 	std::atomic<bool> active_;
 	std::thread controllerThread_;
 	SampleFormat sampleFormat_;
diff --git a/client/snapClient.cpp b/client/snapClient.cpp
index c9b003f2..003ad94f 100644
--- a/client/snapClient.cpp
+++ b/client/snapClient.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		string host("");
 		size_t port(1704);
 		int latency(0);
+		size_t instance(1);
 		int processPriority(-3);
 
 		Switch helpSwitch("", "help", "produce help message");
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		Value<string> soundcardValue("s", "soundcard", "index or name of the soundcard", "default", &soundcard);
 		Implicit<int> daemonOption("d", "daemon", "daemonize, optional process priority [-20..19]", -3, &processPriority);
 		Value<int> latencyValue("", "latency", "latency of the soundcard", 0, &latency);
+		Value<size_t> instanceValue("i", "instance", "instance id", 1, &instance);
 
 		OptionParser op("Allowed options");
 		op.add(helpSwitch)
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef HAS_DAEMON
 		 .add(daemonOption)
 #endif
-		 .add(latencyValue);
+		 .add(latencyValue)
+		 .add(instanceValue);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		if (daemonOption.isSet())
 		{
 #ifdef HAS_DAEMON
-			daemonize("snapcast", "audio", "/var/run/snapclient/pid");
+			daemonize("snapcast", "audio", "/var/run/snapclient/pid." + cpt::to_string(instance));
 			if (processPriority < -20)
 				processPriority = -20;
 			else if (processPriority > 19)
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
 		}
 
-		std::unique_ptr<Controller> controller(new Controller());
+		std::unique_ptr<Controller> controller(new Controller(instance));
 		if (!g_terminated)
 		{
 			logO << "Latency: " << latency << "\n";
diff --git a/common/daemon.h b/common/daemon.h
index e8ed6c63..866285b5 100644
--- a/common/daemon.h
+++ b/common/daemon.h
@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@ void daemonize(const std::string& user, const std::string& group, const std::str
 	if (user_gid != (gid_t)-1 && user_gid != getgid() && setgid(user_gid) == -1) 
 		throw SnapException("Failed to set group " + cpt::to_string((int)user_gid));
 
-#ifdef FREEBSD
+//#if defined(FREEBSD) && !defined(MACOS)
+//#ifdef FREEBSD
 	/// init supplementary groups
 	/// (must be done before we change our uid)
 	/// no need to set the new user's supplementary groups if we are already this user
-	if (!had_group && user_uid != getuid() && initgroups(user_name, user_gid) == -1)
-		throw SnapException("Failed to set supplementary groups of user \"" + user + "\"");
-#endif
+//	if (!had_group && user_uid != getuid() && initgroups(user_name, user_gid) == -1)
+//		throw SnapException("Failed to set supplementary groups of user \"" + user + "\"");
+//#endif
 	/// set uid
 	if (user_uid != (uid_t)-1 && user_uid != getuid() && setuid(user_uid) == -1)
 		throw SnapException("Failed to set user " + user);
diff --git a/message/hello.h b/message/hello.h
index 44756678..ae6c71a1 100644
--- a/message/hello.h
+++ b/message/hello.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
 	{
 	}
 
-	Hello(const std::string& macAddress) : JsonMessage(message_type::kHello)
+	Hello(const std::string& macAddress, size_t instance) : JsonMessage(message_type::kHello)
 	{
 		msg["MAC"] = macAddress;
 		msg["HostName"] = ::getHostName();
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public:
 		msg["ClientName"] = "Snapclient";
 		msg["OS"] = ::getOS();
 		msg["Arch"] = ::getArch();
+		msg["Instance"] = instance;
 		msg["SnapStreamProtocolVersion"] = 2;
 	}
 
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ public:
 		return msg["Arch"];
 	}
 
+	int getInstance()
+	{
+		return get("Instance", 1);
+	}
+
 	int getProtocolVersion()
 	{
 		return get("SnapStreamProtocolVersion", 1);