diff --git a/projects/freebsd/ecode/AppRun b/projects/freebsd/ecode/AppRun
index 395da6439..dd374e361 100755
--- a/projects/freebsd/ecode/AppRun
+++ b/projects/freebsd/ecode/AppRun
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 CANONPATH=$(readlink -f "$0")
 DIRPATH="$(dirname "$CANONPATH")"
 
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIRPATH/libs" "$DIRPATH/ecode.bin" "$@"
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIRPATH/libs" exec "$DIRPATH/ecode.bin" "$@"
diff --git a/projects/linux/ecode/AppRun b/projects/linux/ecode/AppRun
index 395da6439..dd374e361 100755
--- a/projects/linux/ecode/AppRun
+++ b/projects/linux/ecode/AppRun
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 CANONPATH=$(readlink -f "$0")
 DIRPATH="$(dirname "$CANONPATH")"
 
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIRPATH/libs" "$DIRPATH/ecode.bin" "$@"
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIRPATH/libs" exec "$DIRPATH/ecode.bin" "$@"