diff --git a/ede-conf/ede-conf.cpp b/ede-conf/ede-conf.cpp
index d5c866f..9a4e1db 100644
--- a/ede-conf/ede-conf.cpp
+++ b/ede-conf/ede-conf.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int ControlButton::handle(int event) {
 				else if(!file_can_execute(exec.c_str()))
 					edelib::alert(_("Unable to run program '%s'. Program not found"), exec.c_str());
 				else
-					edelib::run_program(exec.c_str(), false);
+					edelib::run_async(exec.c_str());
 			}
 			return 1;
 
diff --git a/ede-desktop/ede-desktop.cpp b/ede-desktop/ede-desktop.cpp
index acd29ad..ac8017f 100644
--- a/ede-desktop/ede-desktop.cpp
+++ b/ede-desktop/ede-desktop.cpp
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ void Desktop::dir_watch(const char* dir, const char* changed, int flags) {
 
 void Desktop::execute(const char* cmd) {
 	E_ASSERT(cmd != NULL);
-	edelib::run_program(cmd, false);
+	edelib::run_async(cmd);
 }
 
 int Desktop::handle(int event) {
diff --git a/ede-screensaver-conf/XScreenSaver.cpp b/ede-screensaver-conf/XScreenSaver.cpp
index b6cf337..dfd2069 100644
--- a/ede-screensaver-conf/XScreenSaver.cpp
+++ b/ede-screensaver-conf/XScreenSaver.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ EDELIB_NS_USING(String)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(file_path)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(file_remove)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(file_rename)
-EDELIB_NS_USING(run_program)
+EDELIB_NS_USING(run_async)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(dir_home)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(dir_exists)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(dir_empty)
@@ -362,9 +362,7 @@ bool xscreensaver_run_daemon(Display *dpy) {
 			return false;
  
 		/* run 'xscreensaver -nosplash' */
-		p += " -nosplash";
-		run_program(p.c_str(), false);
-
+		run_async("%s -nosplash", p.c_str());
 		usleep(250000);
 
 		/* check again */
diff --git a/ede-timedate/ede-timedate.cpp b/ede-timedate/ede-timedate.cpp
index 0e4cd7b..0d77e79 100644
--- a/ede-timedate/ede-timedate.cpp
+++ b/ede-timedate/ede-timedate.cpp
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ void fill_timezones(const char* current) {
 	
 	struct stat s;
 	if(stat("/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab",&s)==0) {
-		edelib::run_program("cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab | grep -e  ^[^#] | cut -f 3 |sort > /tmp/_tzone_.txt");
+		edelib::run_sync("cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab | grep -e  ^[^#] | cut -f 3 |sort > /tmp/_tzone_.txt");
 		zonetab_dir = "/usr/share/zoneinfo/";
 	}
 	else if(stat("/usr/local/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab",&s)==0) {
-		edelib::run_program("cat /usr/local/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab | grep -e  ^[^#] | cut -f 3 | sort > /tmp/_tzone_.txt");
+		edelib::run_sync("cat /usr/local/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab | grep -e  ^[^#] | cut -f 3 | sort > /tmp/_tzone_.txt");
 		zonetab_dir = "/usr/local/share/zoneinfo/";
 	} else {
 		timeZonesList->add(_("Zone information not found."));
diff --git a/evoke/Autostart.cpp b/evoke/Autostart.cpp
index b2d1134..7912a67 100644
--- a/evoke/Autostart.cpp
+++ b/evoke/Autostart.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ EDELIB_NS_USING(dir_list)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(system_config_dirs)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(user_config_dir)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(str_ends)
-EDELIB_NS_USING(run_program)
+EDELIB_NS_USING(run_async)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_AUTOSTART_RUN
  #define AUTOSTART_RUN(s) E_DEBUG("Executing %s\n", s)
 #else
- #define AUTOSTART_RUN(s) run_program(s, false)
+ #define AUTOSTART_RUN(s) run_async(s)
 #endif
 
 struct DialogEntry {
diff --git a/evoke/Splash.cpp b/evoke/Splash.cpp
index aaabf32..0ee477d 100644
--- a/evoke/Splash.cpp
+++ b/evoke/Splash.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EDELIB_NS_USING(String)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(Resource)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(build_filename)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(dir_exists)
-EDELIB_NS_USING(run_program)
+EDELIB_NS_USING(run_async)
 EDELIB_NS_USING(RES_SYS_ONLY)
 
 #ifndef EDEWM_HAVE_NET_SPLASH
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ bool Splash::next_client(void) {
 
 	/* run command */
 	if(!dryrun)
-		run_program(cmd, false);
+		run_async(cmd);
 
 	++slist_it;
 	++counter;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ bool Splash::next_client_nosplash(void) {
 
 	/* run command */
 	if(!dryrun)
-		run_program(cmd, false);
+		run_async(cmd);
 
 	++slist_it;
 	++counter;