diff --git a/bin/spiceproxy b/bin/spiceproxy
index 89f3bfcf..d6d44deb 100755
--- a/bin/spiceproxy
+++ b/bin/spiceproxy
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $SIG{'__WARN__'} = sub {
 my $cmdline = [$0, @ARGV];
 
 my %daemon_options = (
-    max_workers => 1, # fixme: do we need more?
+    max_workers => 1, # todo: do we need more?
     restart_on_error => 5, 
     stop_wait_time => 15,
     leave_children_open_on_reload => 1,
@@ -62,39 +62,7 @@ sub init {
     my $lockfh = IO::File->new(">>${accept_lock_fn}") ||
 	die "unable to open lock file '${accept_lock_fn}' - $!\n";
 
-    my ($socket, $sockfd);
-
-    my $port = 3128;
-
-    if (defined($sockfd = $ENV{"PVE_DAEMON_SOCKET_$port"}) &&
-	$self->{env_restart_pve_daemon}) {
-
-	die "unable to parse socket fd '$sockfd'\n" 
-	    if $sockfd !~ m/^(\d+)$/;
-	$sockfd = $1; # untaint
-
-	$socket = IO::Socket::INET->new;
-	$socket->fdopen($sockfd, 'w') || 
-	    die "cannot fdopen file descriptor '$sockfd' - $!\n";
-
-    } else {
-	$socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
-	    LocalAddr => undef, # all interfaces
-	    LocalPort => $port,
-	    Listen => SOMAXCONN,
-	    Proto  => 'tcp',
-	    ReuseAddr => 1) ||
-	    die "unable to create socket - $@\n";
-
-	# we often observe delays when using Nagle algorithm,
-	# so we disable that to maximize performance
-	setsockopt($socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, 1);
-
-	$ENV{"PVE_DAEMON_SOCKET_$port"} = $socket->fileno;
-    }
-
-    # remove FD_CLOEXEC bit to reuse on exec
-    $socket->fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD(), 0);
+    my $socket = $self->create_reusable_socket(3128);
 
     $self->{server_config} = {
 	base_handler_class => 'PVE::API2',