diff --git a/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp b/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp
index e02499a0c..c6040faf5 100644
--- a/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int CHDDDestExec::exec(CMenuTarget* /*parent*/, const std::string&)
 			 g_settings.hdd_noise, g_settings.hdd_sleep, namelist[i]->d_name);
 		//hdparm -M is not included in busybox hdparm!
 		//we need full version of hdparm or should remove -M parameter here
-		snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "hdparm -M%d -S%d /dev/%s >/dev/null 2>/dev/null",
+		snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "hdparm -M%d -S%d /dev/%s >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &",
 			 g_settings.hdd_noise, g_settings.hdd_sleep, namelist[i]->d_name);
 		system(cmd);
 		free(namelist[i]);