diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsDisplay.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsDisplay.py
index 766dfd5b0..ef78cf15e 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsDisplay.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsDisplay.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def run_browser(url):
         for path in search:
             prog = os.path.join(path,browser)
             if os.path.isfile(prog):
-                os.system("%s %s" % (prog, url))
+                if os.fork() == 0:
+                    os.execvp(prog,[prog, url])
                 return