diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57964e6bf..d568352ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ Bugs
    builds (thanks to Jakub Wilk).
  + Fixed bug #1189, which caused wide Asian UTF8 characters to be measured as
    narrow characters (thanks to Roy Zuo).
+ + Fixed bug #1191, which kept file locks active for longer than necessary,
+   and caused the 'execute' command to be considered a 'write' command.
  + Improved hyphenation by splitting on commas (even if no whitespace after).
    Leads to better output of, for example, 'task show', where comma-separated
    lists are common.
diff --git a/src/TDB2.cpp b/src/TDB2.cpp
index a370857d5..701259b24 100644
--- a/src/TDB2.cpp
+++ b/src/TDB2.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ void TF2::load_tasks ()
         _U2I[task.get ("uuid")] = task.id;
       }
     }
- 
+
     if (_auto_dep_scan)
       dependency_scan ();
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdExec.cpp b/src/commands/CmdExec.cpp
index dcc81a660..84b9bc9cd 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdExec.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdExec.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ CmdExec::CmdExec ()
   _keyword     = "execute";
   _usage       = "task          execute <external command>";
   _description = STRING_CMD_EXEC_USAGE;
-  _read_only   = false;
-  _displays_id = true;
+  _read_only   = true;
+  _displays_id = false;
 }
 
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