diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java
index 64456ded5..a82ae1d3e 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ public final class serverSystem {
 					p.waitFor();
 					if (p.exitValue() != 0) throw new RuntimeException("EXEC ERROR: " + errorResponse(p));
 				} else if (systemOS == systemUnix) {
-					cmd = app + " -remote openURL(" + url + ") &";
+					cmd = app + " -remote openURL(" + url + ")";
 					p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
 					p.waitFor();
 					if (p.exitValue() != 0) {
-						cmd = app + " "  + url + " &";
+						cmd = app + " "  + url;
 						p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
 						// no error checking, because it blocks until firefox is closed
 					}
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index 87ff4e2ef..f78f2af61 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ fi
 CLASSPATH=""
 for N in lib/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
 for N in libx/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
-CLASSPATH="classes:.:htroot:$CLASSPATH"
+CLASSPATH="classes:.:htroot:htroot/api:$CLASSPATH"
 
 cmdline="$JAVA $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath $CLASSPATH yacy";
 if [ $DEBUG -eq 1 ] #debug