diff --git a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
index e7f79331..1b851d49 100755
--- a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
+++ b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ post_start_actions() {
 
 post_start_actions &
 
-exec /home/weave/weaver $EXTRA_ARGS --port=6783 $BRIDGE_OPTIONS \
+/home/weave/weaver $EXTRA_ARGS --port=6783 $BRIDGE_OPTIONS \
      --http-addr=$HTTP_ADDR --status-addr=$STATUS_ADDR --docker-api='' --no-dns \
      --ipalloc-range=$IPALLOC_RANGE $NICKNAME_ARG \
      --ipalloc-init $IPALLOC_INIT \