# Correct way to use daemon

**URL:** https://discourse.appimage.org/t/correct-way-to-use-daemon/2705
**Category:** Using AppImages
**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/correct-way-to-use-daemon/2705 "2022-05-21T10:35:04Z")
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### Author: ![Charizard\_knows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Charizard\_knows](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Charizard_knows)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/correct-way-to-use-daemon/2705/1 "2022-05-21T10:35:04Z")

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Hi, I have a Zorin 16.1 (Ubuntu 20.04). Now I heard about the daemon that will detect and add the appimage in search menu and everything but how to use it ?  
Do I need the launcher as well or just the daemon. PS: I tried getting the daemon only but didn’t work so I don’t know if I did anything wrong or anything.  
Just to be clear: I am not a developer but just a user and wish that my Appimages get added from ~/Downloads folder

Also, I have checked the pinned post and the link to the github page did not help. (Too many options under Tag 13), don’t know what to do

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### Author: ![amarok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amarok](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/amarok)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/correct-way-to-use-daemon/2705/2 "2022-05-21T21:43:30Z")

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1. Download [appimaged-709-x86\_64.AppImage](https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-709-x86_64.AppImage) (and optionally [appimaged-709-x86\_64.AppImage.zsync](https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-709-x86_64.AppImage.zsync)) from the [releases page on GitHub](https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/releases/tag/continuous).
2. Here’s a step-by-step instruction on how to start it up: [go-appimage/README.md at master · probonopd/go-appimage · GitHub](https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/blob/master/src/appimaged/README.md#initial-setup)

The daemon from the pinned post you’re referring to is deprecated. On the other hand, what I linked is still experimental, but I believe it should work fine for you.