diff --git a/src/jgf.in b/src/jgf.in
index b0916af70..ff9adec02 100644
--- a/src/jgf.in
+++ b/src/jgf.in
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ GF_LIB_DIR=@libdir@/GF-@PACKAGE_VERSION@
 GF=$GF_BIN_DIR/gf
 JARFILE=$GF_LIB_DIR/gf-java.jar
 
-java -jar $JARFILE "$GF -java $*"
\ No newline at end of file
+exec java -jar $JARFILE "$GF -java $*"