diff --git a/recovery-persist.rc b/recovery-persist.rc
index 6761627d..135a3c33 100644
--- a/recovery-persist.rc
+++ b/recovery-persist.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/misc/recovery 0770 system log
-    exec - system log -- /system/bin/recovery-persist
+    exec_background - system log -- /system/bin/recovery-persist
diff --git a/recovery-refresh.rc b/recovery-refresh.rc
index 14b05cca..9fefc819 100644
--- a/recovery-refresh.rc
+++ b/recovery-refresh.rc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 on post-fs
-    exec - system log -- /system/bin/recovery-refresh
+    exec_background - system log -- /system/bin/recovery-refresh