diff --git a/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp b/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp
index 6b09d7a24..3a00fffd3 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ int CmdCalendar::execute (std::string& output)
         executable = executable.substr (0, cal) + PACKAGE;
 
       std::vector <std::string> args;
-      args.push_back (executable);
       args.push_back ("rc:" + context.rc_file._data);
       args.push_back ("rc.due:0");
       args.push_back ("rc.verbose:label,affected,blank");
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 5ea94f03e..408db1d05 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -303,11 +303,12 @@ int execute (
     if (dup2 (pout[1], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
       throw std::string (std::strerror (errno));
 
-    char** argv = new char* [args.size () + 1];
+    char** argv = new char* [args.size () + 2];
+    argv[0] = (char*) executable.c_str ();
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < args.size (); ++i)
-      argv[i] = (char*) args[i].c_str ();
+      argv[i+1] = (char*) args[i].c_str ();
 
-    argv[args.size ()] = NULL;
+    argv[args.size () + 1] = NULL;
     _exit (execvp (executable.c_str (), argv));
   }