diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
index db9050c7..37491505 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ import sys
 sys.stdout.write('fpdb.py has been renamed to fpdb.pyw - now calling fpdb.pyw ...\n\n')
 sys.stdout.flush()
 
-os.execvpe('python.exe', ('python.exe', 'fpdb.pyw', '-r'), os.environ) 
+os.execvpe('pythonw.exe', ('pythonw.exe', 'fpdb.pyw', '-r'), os.environ) 
 # first arg is ignored (name of program being run)
diff --git a/run_fpdb.py b/run_fpdb.py
index 570b7dc5..e77d789f 100644
--- a/run_fpdb.py
+++ b/run_fpdb.py
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ import sys
 
 # sys.path[0] holds the directory run_fpdb.py is in
 sys.path[0] = sys.path[0]+os.sep+"pyfpdb"
+# cd to pyfpdb subdir
 os.chdir(sys.path[0])
 #print "sys.path[0] =", sys.path[0], "cwd =", os.getcwd()
 
-import fpdb
 
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    me = fpdb.fpdb()
-    me.main()
-    exit()
+os.execvpe('pythonw.exe', ('pythonw.exe', 'fpdb.pyw', '-r'), os.environ) 
+# first arg is ignored (name of program being run)