diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py b/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py
index ab471fe5..4db85872 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ class GuiAutoImport (threading.Thread):
                         bs = 0
                     elif os.name == 'nt':
                         path = sys.path[0].replace('\\','\\\\')
-                        command = 'python "'+path+'\\HUD_main.py" ' + self.settings['cl_options']
+                        command = 'pythonw "'+path+'\\HUD_main.pyw" ' + self.settings['cl_options']
                         bs = 0
                     else:
-                        command = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'HUD_main.py')
+                        command = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'HUD_main.pyw')
                         command = [command, ] + string.split(self.settings['cl_options'])
                         bs = 1
 
diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
similarity index 100%
rename from pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
rename to pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
diff --git a/pyfpdb/py2exe_setup.py b/pyfpdb/py2exe_setup.py
index b734f923..15c834b5 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/py2exe_setup.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/py2exe_setup.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ setup(
     version     = '0.12',
 
     windows = [   {'script': 'fpdb.pyw', "icon_resources": [(1, "../gfx/fpdb_large_icon.ico")]},
-                  {'script': 'HUD_main.py', },
+                  {'script': 'HUD_main.pyw', },
                   {'script': 'Configuration.py', }
               ],