diff --git a/img_url_wget.pl b/img_url_wget.pl
index e930b7c..8f84494 100644
--- a/img_url_wget.pl
+++ b/img_url_wget.pl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (-f "/bin/wget") {
 }
 
 my $script_name = "Image URL Auto Grabber and Downloader, wget flavour";
-HexChat::register($script_name, '0.8.1', 'Automatically grabs and downloads image URLs via wget', \&freehooks);
+HexChat::register($script_name, '0.8.2', 'Automatically grabs and downloads image URLs via wget', \&freehooks);
 
 HexChat::print("$script_name loaded\n");
 my @hooks;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ sub dlfunc(@) {
 	my $file = shift;
 
 	$url = urlencode($url);
-	`$wgetpath --no-check-certificate -q -T 20 -O '$file' -o /dev/null '$url'`;
+	system($wgetpath, '--no-check-certificate', '-q', '-T', '20', '-O', $file, '-o', '/dev/null', $url);
 
 	if ($file =~ /(png|jpe?g|gif)$/i){
 		my $im = Image::Magick->new();
diff --git a/notifications.pl b/notifications.pl
index fbe1fad..4a2670e 100644
--- a/notifications.pl
+++ b/notifications.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ my $help = 'Usage:
 /notify show                     - shows whitelists and their statuses
 ';
 
-register($script_name, '0.7', 'Sends *nix desktop notifications', \&freehooks);
+register($script_name, '0.7.1', 'Sends *nix desktop notifications', \&freehooks);
 
 HexChat::print("$script_name loaded\n");
 my @hooks;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ sub hookfn {
 
 sub notify(@) {
 	my($topic, $text) = @_;
-	`notify-send -u normal -t 12000 -a hexchat "$topic" -i hexchat "$text"`;
+	system("notify-send", "-u", "normal", "-t", "12000", "-a", "hexchat", $topic, "-i", "hexchat", $text);
 	$active = 0;
 }