diff --git a/hp-labrea/labrea-idea b/hp-labrea/labrea-idea
index b7fccef3c1434d2012952637bed6e3b090a4bff0..a7c69bd099130752f6ac4144f1db4f95b8985bbd 100755
--- a/hp-labrea/labrea-idea
+++ b/hp-labrea/labrea-idea
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ done
 function log_daemon_msg () { echo -n "$@"; }
 function log_end_msg () { [ $1 -eq 0 ] && echo " OK" || echo " Failed"; }
 function status_of_proc () { [ -f "$PID" ] && ps u -p $(<"$PID") || echo "$PID not found."; }
+function start_daemon () { shift; shift; $* ; }
+function killproc () { kill $(cat $PID) ; }
 
 [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ] && . /lib/lsb/init-functions