1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sway/swaynag.c b/sway/swaynag.c
index db5a919a..4a0a6d30 100644
--- a/sway/swaynag.c
+++ b/sway/swaynag.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ bool swaynag_spawn(const char *swaynag_command,
                 sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "Failed to create fork for swaynag");
                 goto failed;
         } else if (pid == 0) {
+                restore_nofile_limit();
+
                 pid = fork();
                 if (pid < 0) {
                         sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "fork failed");
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ bool swaynag_spawn(const char *swaynag_command,
                         size_t length = strlen(swaynag_command) + strlen(swaynag->args) + 2;
                         char *cmd = malloc(length);
                         snprintf(cmd, length, "%s %s", swaynag_command, swaynag->args);
-                        execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);
-                        sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "execl failed");
+                        execlp("sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);
+                        sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "execlp failed");
                         _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
                 _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);