diff --git a/bin/sugar.in b/bin/sugar.in
index 5026ad04..140c56ef 100644
--- a/bin/sugar.in
+++ b/bin/sugar.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export SUGAR_PREFIX=@prefix@
 export SUGAR_PATH=@prefix@/share/sugar
 export GTK2_RC_FILES=@prefix@/share/sugar/data/sugar-xo.gtkrc
 if [ -f /etc/olpc-security ] ; then
-  dbus-launch --exit-with-session --config-file=/etc/dbus-1/session-olpc.conf sugar-shell
+  exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session --config-file=/etc/dbus-1/session-olpc.conf sugar-shell
 else
-  dbus-launch --exit-with-session sugar-shell
+  exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session sugar-shell
 fi