diff --git a/src/memberdb/account_backend.py b/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
index 50d0885f4972e4ec7dd45a220e77cace99cc7b78..bd500475ca4a9660c9e6dabb6602cc77a4603be3 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def make_home(formdata, member):
 
 	user = member.username
 	mail = formdata['email_address'] if formdata['forward'] else ""
-	result = subprocess.call(make_home_cmd + [user, mail])
+  result = subprocess.run(make_home_cmd + [user, mail])
 	if result == 0:
 		return True
 	else: