diff --git a/in/scripts=wicd-client.in b/in/scripts=wicd-client.in
index d88ec22..5de5158 100755
--- a/in/scripts=wicd-client.in
+++ b/in/scripts=wicd-client.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-%LIB%wicd-client.py $@
+exec %LIB%wicd-client.py $@
diff --git a/in/scripts=wicd.in b/in/scripts=wicd.in
index e780bd1..7e965ca 100755
--- a/in/scripts=wicd.in
+++ b/in/scripts=wicd.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-%LIB%wicd-daemon.py $@
+exec %LIB%wicd-daemon.py $@
diff --git a/scripts/wicd-client b/scripts/wicd-client
index ec6057b..452dac0 100755
--- a/scripts/wicd-client
+++ b/scripts/wicd-client
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-client.py $@
+exec /usr/lib/wicd/wicd-client.py $@