diff --git a/src/gui/plugins.cpp b/src/gui/plugins.cpp
index 97e3a8554..629d1c97a 100644
--- a/src/gui/plugins.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/plugins.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -91,10 +92,9 @@ int CPlugins::find_plugin(const std::string & filename)
 
 bool CPlugins::pluginfile_exists(const std::string & filename)
 {
-	FILE *file = fopen(filename.c_str(),"r");
-	if (file != NULL)
+	struct stat stat_buf;
+	if(stat(filename.c_str(), &stat_buf) == 0)
 	{
-		fclose(file);
 		return true;
 	} else
 	{
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void CPlugins::startScriptPlugin(int number)
 		       script, plugin_list[number].cfgfile.c_str());
 		return;
 	}
-
+#if 0
 	FILE *f = popen(script,"r");
 	if (f != NULL)
 	{
@@ -343,6 +343,39 @@ void CPlugins::startScriptPlugin(int number)
 	{
 		printf("[CPlugins] can't execute %s\n",script);
 	}
+#else
+	int out[2], in[2];
+	int pid,i;
+	const int buf_size=1024;
+	char*  spawnedArgs[] = { (char *)"/bin/sh", (char *)0 };
+	char buf[buf_size];
+	memset(buf,0, buf_size);
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_t action;
+
+	pipe(out);
+	pipe(in);
+
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&action);
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&action, out[0], 0);
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&action, out[1]);
+
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&action, in[1], 1);
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&action, in[0]);
+ 
+	posix_spawnp(&pid, spawnedArgs[0], &action, NULL, spawnedArgs, NULL);
+
+	close(out[0]);
+	close(in[1]);
+
+	write(out[1], plugin_list[number].pluginfile.c_str(), plugin_list[number].pluginfile.size());
+	close(out[1]);
+
+
+	while ( (i = read(in[0], buf, buf_size)) != 0 ) {  
+		scriptOutput += buf;
+		memset(buf,0, buf_size);
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 int mysystem(char * cmd, char * arg1, char * arg2);