diff --git a/assets/del-fake-default-route b/assets/del-fake-default-route
index 2787d4b..9d7fe91 100644
--- a/assets/del-fake-default-route
+++ b/assets/del-fake-default-route
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # horrible hack to work around the hack of telling Android that our gateway is our own IP
 # calling 'su -c' from Java doesn't work so we use a helper script
 
-exec "/system/bin/sh ${brncl_path}/do_del-fake-default-route &"
+exec "${brncl_path}/do_del-fake-default-route"
diff --git a/src/net/commotionwireless/meshtether/MeshService.java b/src/net/commotionwireless/meshtether/MeshService.java
index f9da944..9cf2454 100644
--- a/src/net/commotionwireless/meshtether/MeshService.java
+++ b/src/net/commotionwireless/meshtether/MeshService.java
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ private static String getWifiStateString(int state) {
 		@Override
 		public void handleMessage(Message msg) { handle(msg); }
 	};
+	private ShellProcess mDelRouteProcess;
 
 	private void handle(Message msg) {
 		switch (msg.what) {
@@ -669,15 +670,9 @@ private boolean startProcess() {
 		wifiLock.acquire();
 		app.showProgressMessage(R.string.startingolsrd);
 		try {
-			String[] env = buildEnvFromPrefs();
-			//MeshTetherProcess DelRouteProcess;
-			ShellProcess DelRouteProcess;
-			
-			DelRouteProcess = new ShellProcess("MSG_STOP_OLSRD_OUTPUT", NativeHelper.DEL_ROUTE, mShell);
-			DelRouteProcess.setHandler(mHandler, MSG_STOP_OLSRD_OUTPUT);
-			if (!DelRouteProcess.runSynchronous()) {
-				Log.w(TAG, "Could not DelRouteProcess");
-			}
+			mDelRouteProcess = new ShellProcess("MSG_STOP_OLSRD_OUTPUT", NativeHelper.DEL_ROUTE, mShell);
+			mDelRouteProcess.setHandler(mHandler, MSG_STOP_OLSRD_OUTPUT);
+			mDelRouteProcess.runAsynchronous();
 			
 			//DelRouteProcess = new MeshTetherProcess(NativeHelper.DEL_ROUTE, env, NativeHelper.app_bin);
 			//DelRouteProcess.runUntilExit(mHandler, MSG_STOP_OLSRD_OUTPUT, MSG_STOP_OLSRD_OUTPUT);