diff --git a/openbox/openbox.c b/openbox/openbox.c
index e4aae9e8..890e74fc 100644
--- a/openbox/openbox.c
+++ b/openbox/openbox.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     mkdir(path, (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP |
                  S_IROTH | S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH));
     g_free(path);
+
+    g_set_prgname(argv[0]);
      
     /* parse out command line args */
     parse_args(argc, argv);