diff --git a/src/gmenu2x.cpp b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
index 4de7aa5..8d95029 100644
--- a/src/gmenu2x.cpp
+++ b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
@@ -849,8 +849,7 @@ void GMenu2X::explorer() {
 		//if execution continues then something went wrong and as we already called SDL_Quit we cannot continue
 		//try relaunching gmenu2x
 		ERROR("Error executing selected application, re-launching gmenu2x\n");
-		chdir(getExePath().c_str());
-		execlp("./gmenu2x", "./gmenu2x", NULL);
+		main();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/linkapp.cpp b/src/linkapp.cpp
index 95c877a..541ba6e 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.cpp
+++ b/src/linkapp.cpp
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ void LinkApp::launch(const string &selectedFile, const string &selectedDir) {
 		execlp("/bin/sh","/bin/sh", "-c", command.c_str(), NULL);
 		//if execution continues then something went wrong and as we already called SDL_Quit we cannot continue
 		//try relaunching gmenu2x
-		chdir(gmenu2x->getExePath().c_str());
-		execlp("./gmenu2x", "./gmenu2x", NULL);
+		gmenu2x->main();
 	}
 
 	chdir(gmenu2x->getExePath().c_str());