diff --git a/launch.sh b/launch.sh
index a048599f9..e533dded4 100755
--- a/launch.sh
+++ b/launch.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd `dirname $0`/src
-exec -a gajim python -OOt gajim.py $@
+exec python -OOt gajim.py $@