diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh b/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
index d9cec7146..3056803d5 100644
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 recorder_user="pypo"
 export HOME="/home/pypo/"
+export TERM=xterm
 # Location of pypo_cli.py Python script
 recorder_path="/opt/recorder/bin/"
 recorder_script="testrecordscript.py"
 echo "*** Daemontools: starting daemon"
+echo $PATH
+echo $TERM
 cd ${recorder_path}
 exec 2>&1
 # Note the -u when calling python! we need it to get unbuffered binary stdout and stderr
-exec sudo python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script} -f
+python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}
 # EOF
diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/testrecordscript.py b/python_apps/show-recorder/testrecordscript.py
index 4c659cdcb..7e1673d73 100644
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/testrecordscript.py
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/testrecordscript.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from poster.encode import multipart_encode
 from poster.streaminghttp import register_openers
 import urllib2
 
-from subprocess import call
+#from subprocess import call
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from threading import Thread
 
 # loading config file
@@ -39,8 +40,10 @@ class Recorder(Thread):
         filename = self.filename.replace(" ", "-")
         filepath = "%s%s.%s" % (config["base_recorded_files"], filename, self.filetype)
 
-        command = "ecasound -i alsa -o %s -t:%s" % (filepath, length)
-        call(command, shell=True)
+        command = ("ecasound -i alsa -o %s -t:%s" % (filepath, length)).split(' ')
+        print(command)
+        Popen(command, stdout=PIPE)
+        #call(command, shell=False)
 
         return filepath