diff --git a/lib/Client.js b/lib/Client.js
index 6aa0209a..71c49281 100644
--- a/lib/Client.js
+++ b/lib/Client.js
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Client.prototype.launchDaemon = function(opts, cb) {
 
   Common.printOut(that.conf.PREFIX_MSG + 'Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=' + this.pm2_home);
 
-  var child = require('child_process').spawn(process.execPath || 'node', node_args, {
+  var child = require('child_process').spawn('node', node_args, {
     detached   : true,
     cwd        : that.conf.cwd || process.cwd(),
     env        : util._extend({