diff --git a/install/airtime-upgrade.php b/install/airtime-upgrade.php
index eca71d4da..a568fe9c5 100644
--- a/install/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ $sql = "INSERT INTO cc_pref (keystr, valstr) VALUES ('system_version', '1.9.0-de
 $CC_DBC->query($sql);
 
 
-echo PHP_EOL."*** Updating Recorder ***".PHP_EOL;
-system("python ".__DIR__."/../python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-install.py");
-
 echo PHP_EOL."*** Updating Pypo ***".PHP_EOL;
-system("python ".__DIR__."/../python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install.py");
+passthru("python ".__DIR__."/../python_apps/pypo/install/pypo-install.py");
+
+echo PHP_EOL."*** Updating Recorder ***".PHP_EOL;
+passthru("python ".__DIR__."/../python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-install.py");
+
 
 echo "******************************* Update Complete *******************************".PHP_EOL;
 
diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/airtime-show-recorder b/python_apps/show-recorder/airtime-show-recorder
index 9e10abed9..97124ff6f 100755
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/airtime-show-recorder
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/airtime-show-recorder
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
 recorder_user="pypo"
-export HOME="/var/tmp/airtime/show-recorder/"
-export TERM=xterm
+
 
 # Location of pypo_cli.py Python script
 recorder_path="/usr/lib/airtime/show-recorder/"
@@ -10,17 +10,14 @@ recorder_script="recorder.py"
 api_client_path="/usr/lib/airtime/pypo/"
 cd ${recorder_path}
 
-echo "*** Daemontools: starting daemon"
 exec 2>&1
-# Note the -u when calling python! we need it to get unbuffered binary stdout and stderr
 
+export HOME="/var/tmp/airtime/show-recorder/"
+export TERM=xterm
 export PYTHONPATH=${api_client_path}
 
-
 #this line works: su ${recorder_user} -c "python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}"
+# Note the -u when calling python! we need it to get unbuffered binary stdout and stderr
 exec python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}
 
-#ecasound does not work when recorder script is called with setuidgid. 
-#setuidgid ${recorder_user} python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}
-
 # EOF