diff --git a/barnowl-beta b/barnowl-beta
index 67c5895..03f55e0 100755
--- a/barnowl-beta
+++ b/barnowl-beta
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-export BARNOWL_REAL=barnowl.real-beta
+BARNOWL_REAL=barnowl.real-beta
+export BARNOWL_REAL
 exec `dirname "$0"`/barnowl "$@"