diff --git a/scripts/deluge b/scripts/deluge
index 962879d54..a0cab182d 100755
--- a/scripts/deluge
+++ b/scripts/deluge
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import os
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import re
+import subprocess
 import sys
 
 import deluge
@@ -48,11 +49,6 @@ import deluge.pref
 
 if not deluge.common.windows_check():
     import platform
-    i = 1
-    arguments = ""
-    while i < len(sys.argv):
-        arguments = arguments + " " + sys.argv[i]
-        i+=1
     if platform.system() == "Linux": # Add this, FreeBSD and other OSs than Linux do not have /etc/issue.
         print "checking for ubuntu..."
         if os.WEXITSTATUS(os.system('grep -iq "Ubuntu" /etc/issue')) == 0:
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ if not deluge.common.windows_check():
                 print "found and fixing ubuntu"
                 os.environ["MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME"] = "/usr/lib/firefox"
                 os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = "/usr/lib/firefox"
-                os.system("/usr/bin/deluge %s &" % arguments)
+                subprocess.Popen(sys.argv)
                 raise SystemExit
 
 parser = OptionParser(usage="%prog [options] [torrents to add]", 
@@ -136,12 +132,7 @@ try:
     bus = dbus.SessionBus()
 except:
     if not deluge.common.windows_check():
-        while i < len(sys.argv):
-            arguments = arguments + " " + sys.argv[i]
-            i+=1
-        pid = os.fork()
-        if not pid:
-            os.popen('dbus-launch deluge %s' %arguments)
+        subprocess.Popen(["dbus-launch", "deluge"] + sys.argv[1:])
 else:
     dbus_objects = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.DBus', '/org/freedesktop/DBus'), 'org.freedesktop.DBus').ListNames()