diff --git a/src/unisync/synchroniser.py b/src/unisync/synchroniser.py
index e75ec46..0f17503 100644
--- a/src/unisync/synchroniser.py
+++ b/src/unisync/synchroniser.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class Synchroniser:
                 link_background_wrapper
                 ]
 
-        link_update_process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+        link_update_process = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
         if not background:
             print("Starting links update.")