Index: launch.scm
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--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -1234,11 +1234,11 @@
 					process-run)
 				    (if useshell
 					(let ((cmdstr (string-intersperse fullcmd " ")))
 					  (if launchwait
 					      cmdstr
-					      (conc cmdstr " >> mt_launch.log 2>&1")))
+					      (conc cmdstr " >> mt_launch.log 2>&1 &")))
 					(car fullcmd))
 				    (if useshell
 					'()
 					(cdr fullcmd)))))
         (mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; yes, really should mutex all the way to here. Need to put this entire process into a fork.