diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminal.py b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
index a2e23d7b..b69e3dc2 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/terminal.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ def spawn_child(self, widget=None, respawn=False, debugserver=False):
                                        self.cwd,
                                        args,
                                        envv,
-                                       GLib.SpawnFlags.FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO | GLib.SpawnFlags.DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
+                                       GLib.SpawnFlags.FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO,
                                        None,
                                        None,
                                        None)