--- /usr/sbin/simple-backup-config	2008-10-26 07:53:09.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/sbin/simple-backup-config.1	2010-05-11 20:44:09.062142596 +0200
@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@
 		
 
         def on_backupnow_clicked(self, *args):
-                pid = os.spawnl( os.P_NOWAIT, self.conf.get("places", "prefix") + "/sbin/sbackupd" )
+                cmd = self.conf.get("places", "prefix") + "/sbin/sbackupd";
+                pid = os.spawnl( os.P_NOWAIT,  cmd, cmd )
+                
 		dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(flags=gtk.DIALOG_MODAL | gtk.DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE, message_format=_("A backup run is initiated in the background. The process id is: ")+str(pid)+".")
 		dialog.run()
 		dialog.destroy()