diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7918ea80..1a10a8c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ locale/
 .devlocaltmp/
 *_trial_temp
 packages
+env/
diff --git a/electrum-env b/electrum-env
index 0e2cc70f..0c9c1d7c 100755
--- a/electrum-env
+++ b/electrum-env
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ else
 	python setup.py install
 fi
 
-export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
+export PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
 
-./electrum
+./electrum "$@"
 
 deactivate