diff --git a/packaging/linux/hexrdgui b/packaging/linux/hexrdgui
index db7cb4146..740e712ad 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/hexrdgui
+++ b/packaging/linux/hexrdgui
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 export FONTCONFIG_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../etc/fonts"
 export FONTCONFIG_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
 
-"${SCRIPT_DIR}/python" "${SCRIPT_DIR}/run-hexrdgui.py"
-
+"${SCRIPT_DIR}/python" "${SCRIPT_DIR}/run-hexrdgui.py" "$@"