diff --git a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
index 5d3c87a2..fd660045 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
@@ -223,6 +223,6 @@ def restart():
         popen_list += SYS_ARGV
         logger.log(u"Restarting nzbToMedia with " + str(popen_list))
         logger.close()
-        subprocess.Popen(popen_list, cwd=os.getcwd())
+        subprocess.Popen(popen_list, cwd=os.getcwd(), shell=True)
 
     os._exit(0)