diff --git a/README b/README
index f73600971..216bb1830 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RUN GAJIM
 gajim
 
 or if you didn't 'make install' you can also run from gajim folder with
-./launch.sh (or if you want to pass extra parameters cd src/; gajim.py)
+./launch.sh
 
 
 If you want to see the xml stanzas and/or help us debugging 
diff --git a/launch.sh b/launch.sh
index 7e54fbc04..18a6911c3 100755
--- a/launch.sh
+++ b/launch.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 cd src
-./gajim.py
+./gajim.py $@
diff --git a/scripts/gajim b/scripts/gajim
index ccdcb37db..b35380de0 100644
--- a/scripts/gajim
+++ b/scripts/gajim
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ fi
 
 cd PREFIX/share/gajim/src
 export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:PREFIX/lib/gajim"
-python -OO gajim.pyo
+python -OO gajim.pyo $@