diff --git a/src/game/C4Application.cpp b/src/game/C4Application.cpp
index da1520c33..ff578467e 100644
--- a/src/game/C4Application.cpp
+++ b/src/game/C4Application.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void C4Application::ClearCommandLine()
 
 void C4Application::ParseCommandLine(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
-
+	argv0 = argv[0];
 	StdStrBuf CmdLine("Command line:");
 	for(int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
 		CmdLine.Append(" ");
diff --git a/src/game/C4Application.h b/src/game/C4Application.h
index a4356b056..fae933b0e 100644
--- a/src/game/C4Application.h
+++ b/src/game/C4Application.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
 	const char *GetRevision() const { return Revision.c_str(); }
 
 	// set by ParseCommandLine
+	const char *argv0;
 	int isEditor{false};
 	// set by ParseCommandLine, for manually applying downloaded update packs
 	std::string IncomingUpdate;
diff --git a/src/platform/PlatformAbstraction.cpp b/src/platform/PlatformAbstraction.cpp
index e77f3cae1..2f4828d9b 100644
--- a/src/platform/PlatformAbstraction.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/PlatformAbstraction.cpp
@@ -98,18 +98,22 @@ bool RestartApplication(std::vector<const char *> parameters)
 		intptr_t iError = (intptr_t)::ShellExecute(nullptr, nullptr, buf, params.GetWideChar(), Config.General.ExePath.GetWideChar(), SW_SHOW);
 		if (iError > 32) success = true;
 	}
-#elif defined(PROC_SELF_EXE)
+#else
 	pid_t pid;
 	switch (pid = fork())
 	{
 	case -1: break; // error message shown below
 	case 0:
 	{
-		std::vector<const char*> params = {"openclonk"};
+		std::vector<const char*> params = {Application.argv0};
 		params.insert(params.end(), parameters.begin(), parameters.end());
 		params.push_back(nullptr);
+#ifdef PROC_SELF_EXE
 		execv(PROC_SELF_EXE, const_cast<char *const *>(params.data()));
-		perror("editor launch failed");
+		perror("editor launch via " PROC_SELF_EXE " failed");
+#endif
+		execvp(Application.argv0, const_cast<char *const *>(params.data()));
+		perror("editor launch via argv[0] failed");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	default: