diff --git a/scripts/gajim-remote.py b/scripts/gajim-remote.py
index 6abc59f43..52dea41bd 100755
--- a/scripts/gajim-remote.py
+++ b/scripts/gajim-remote.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def gtk_quit():
 argv_len = len(sys.argv) 
 
 if argv_len  < 2 or sys.argv[1] not in commands: # no args or bad args
-	end_error(compose_help())
+	send_error(compose_help())
 
 command = sys.argv[1]