diff --git a/backends/skype/main.cpp b/backends/skype/main.cpp
index 0e849f4c..54e7025e 100644
--- a/backends/skype/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/skype/main.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ void Skype::login() {
 	char *db = (char *) malloc(db_path.size() + 1);
 	strcpy(db, db_path.c_str());
 	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": Spawning new Skype instance dbpath=" << db);
-	gchar* argv[6] = {"skype", "--disable-cleanlooks", "--pipelogin", "--dbpath", db, 0};
+	gchar* argv[8] = {"skype", "--enable-dbus", "--use-session-dbus", "--disable-cleanlooks", "--pipelogin", "--dbpath", db, 0};
 
 	int fd;
 	g_spawn_async_with_pipes(NULL,
@@ -608,8 +608,10 @@ std::string Skype::send_command(const std::string &message) {
 			{
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": DBUS Error: " << error->message);
 			g_error_free(error);
+			return "";
 		} else {
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": DBUS no response");
+			return "";
 		}
 
 	}