diff --git a/charybdis/charybdis.cc b/charybdis/charybdis.cc
index fbb5e8db5..8faa38e4f 100644
--- a/charybdis/charybdis.cc
+++ b/charybdis/charybdis.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <ircd/ircd.h>
 #include <ircd/asio.h>
+#include <RB_INC_SYS_RESOURCE_H
 #include "lgetopt.h"
 #include "charybdis.h"
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ namespace fs = ircd::fs;
 
 static void sigfd_handler(const boost::system::error_code &, int);
 static bool startup_checks();
+static void enable_coredumps();
 static void print_version();
 
 const char *const fatalerrstr
@@ -90,6 +92,11 @@ try
 	if(!startup_checks())
 		return 1;
 
+	// cores are not dumped without consent of the user to maintain the privacy
+	// of cryptographic key material in memory at the time of the crash.
+	if(RB_DEBUG_LEVEL || ircd::debugmode)
+		enable_coredumps();
+
 	if(printversion)
 	{
 		print_version();
@@ -213,6 +220,32 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 
 static void handle_usr2();
 static void handle_usr1();
+void
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+enable_coredumps()
+try
+{
+	//
+	// Setup corefile size immediately after boot -kre
+	//
+
+	rlimit rlim;    // resource limits
+	ircd::syscall(getrlimit, RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
+
+	// Set corefilesize to maximum
+	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max;
+	ircd::syscall(setrlimit, RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
+}
+catch(const std::exception &e)
+{
+	std::cerr << "Failed to adjust rlimit: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+}
+#else
+enable_coredumps()
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 static void handle_quit();
 static void handle_interruption();
 static void handle_termstop();
diff --git a/include/ircd/stdinc.h b/include/ircd/stdinc.h
index 4a4b286bb..49cae29b4 100644
--- a/include/ircd/stdinc.h
+++ b/include/ircd/stdinc.h
@@ -45,21 +45,19 @@
 // Generated by ./configure
 #include "config.h"
 
-extern "C" {
-
-#include <RB_INC_ASSERT_H
-#include <RB_INC_STDARG_H
-#include <RB_INC_SYS_TIME_H
-#include <RB_INC_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-
-} // extern "C"
+extern "C"
+{
+	#include <RB_INC_ASSERT_H
+	#include <RB_INC_STDARG_H
+	#include <RB_INC_SYS_TIME_H
+}
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 1
-#include <RB_INC_WINDOWS_H
-#include <RB_INC_WINSOCK2_H
-#include <RB_INC_WS2TCPIP_H
-#include <RB_INC_IPHLPAPI_H
+	#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 1
+	#include <RB_INC_WINDOWS_H
+	#include <RB_INC_WINSOCK2_H
+	#include <RB_INC_WS2TCPIP_H
+	#include <RB_INC_IPHLPAPI_H
 #endif
 
 #include <RB_INC_CSTDDEF
diff --git a/ircd/ircd.cc b/ircd/ircd.cc
index 8e8bd632a..73ac5eee8 100644
--- a/ircd/ircd.cc
+++ b/ircd/ircd.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ namespace ircd
 	ctx::ctx *main_context;                      // Main program loop
 	bool debugmode;                              // meaningful ifdef RB_DEBUG
 
-	void enable_coredumps();
 	std::string read_conf(std::string file);
 	void set_runlevel(const enum runlevel &);
 	void at_main_exit() noexcept;
@@ -114,11 +113,6 @@ try
 		throw error("Cannot init() IRCd from runlevel %s",
 		            reflect(runlevel));
 
-	// cores are not dumped without consent of the user to maintain the privacy
-	// of cryptographic key material in memory at the time of the crash.
-	if(RB_DEBUG_LEVEL || debugmode)
-		enable_coredumps();
-
 	// Samples the thread this context was executed on which should be where
 	// the user ran ios.run(). The user may have invoked ios.run() on multiple
 	// threads, but we consider this one thread a main thread for now...
@@ -443,32 +437,6 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	throw;
 }
 
-void
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-ircd::enable_coredumps()
-try
-{
-	//
-	// Setup corefile size immediately after boot -kre
-	//
-
-	rlimit rlim;	// resource limits
-	syscall(getrlimit, RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
-
-	// Set corefilesize to maximum
-	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max;
-	syscall(setrlimit, RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
-}
-catch(const std::exception &e)
-{
-	std::cerr << "Failed to adjust rlimit: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-}
-#else
-ircd::enable_coredumps()
-{
-}
-#endif
-
 // namespace ircd {
 
 /* /quote set variables */