diff --git a/rc/bin/hget b/rc/bin/hget
index 456984436..e7e9fab32 100755
--- a/rc/bin/hget
+++ b/rc/bin/hget
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/rc
+rfork e
 argv0=$0
 fn usage {
 	echo usage: $argv0 [ -o file ] [ -p body ] [ -r header ] [ -m method ] [ -b baseurl ] url >[1=2]
diff --git a/rc/bin/play b/rc/bin/play
index f7b8ce37b..2acbdf8ba 100755
--- a/rc/bin/play
+++ b/rc/bin/play
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/rc
+rfork e
 
 out=/dev/audio
 typ=()
diff --git a/sys/src/games/music/playlistfs/player.c b/sys/src/games/music/playlistfs/player.c
index b0791dbc0..2180e6102 100644
--- a/sys/src/games/music/playlistfs/player.c
+++ b/sys/src/games/music/playlistfs/player.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ startplay(ushort n)
 	pfd->filename = file;	/* mallocated already */
 	pfd->fd = fd[1];
 	pfd->cfd = fd[0];
-	procrfork(decexec, pfd, 4096, RFFDG);
+	procrfork(decexec, pfd, 4096, RFFDG|RFENVG);
 	close(fd[1]);	/* write fd, for pac4dec */
 	return fd[0];	/* read fd */
 }