src/defaults.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/defaults.c b/src/defaults.c
index 884db8b..e62e4fa 100644
--- a/src/defaults.c
+++ b/src/defaults.c
@@ -3476,7 +3476,6 @@ setWorkspaceBack(WScreen *scr, WDefaultEntry *entry, WMPropList *value,
         char *dither;
         int len;
 
-        SetupEnvironment(scr);
         text = WMGetPropListDescription(value, False);
         len = strlen(text)+40;
         command = wmalloc(len);
@@ -3486,7 +3485,7 @@ setWorkspaceBack(WScreen *scr, WDefaultEntry *entry, WMPropList *value,
         else
             snprintf(command, len, "wmsetbg %s -p '%s' &", dither, text);
         wfree(text);
-        system(command);
+        ExecuteShellCommand(scr, command);
         wfree(command);
     }
     WMReleasePropList(value);