diff --git a/desktop_client.py b/desktop_client.py
index a22da94ec..29d28b417 100644
--- a/desktop_client.py
+++ b/desktop_client.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def _speaker_mimic3(pitch: int, rate: int, srange: int,
     cmd = 'mimic3 -v ' + voice + \
         ' --length-scale ' + length_scale + \
         ' --noise-w ' + noise_w + \
-        ' "' + text + '"'
+        ' "' + text + '" &'
     os.system(cmd)