diff --git a/other/wicd-tray.desktop b/other/wicd-tray.desktop
index a5f1f6d..d2cc87b 100644
--- a/other/wicd-tray.desktop
+++ b/other/wicd-tray.desktop
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Categories=Application;Network;
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Exec=wicd-client
 GenericName=Network Manager
 Icon=wicd-client
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f4992c..f1cf96b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class configure(Command):
             self.mandir = '/usr/man/'
             self.no_install_acpi = True
         elif self.distro in ['debian']:
+            self.wicdgroup = "netdev"
             self.init = '/etc/init.d/'
             self.initfile = 'init/debian/wicd'
         elif self.distro in ['arch']: