diff --git a/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA b/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
index 2700d2ac10..a512ac67a8 100755
--- a/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
+++ b/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
@@ -5,9 +5,4 @@
 
 APP_PATH=`echo $0 | awk '{split($0,patharr,"/"); idx=1; while(patharr[idx+3] != "") { if (patharr[idx] != "/") {printf("%s/", patharr[idx]); idx++ }} }'`
 cd "$APP_PATH/Contents/Resources"
-
-if [ ! -e mods/ra/packages/redalert.mix ]; then
-osascript install_ra_mix.scpt
-else
-./OpenRA settings=../../../launcher.ini
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+./OpenRA $@
diff --git a/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/install_ra_mix.scpt b/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/install_ra_mix.scpt
deleted file mode 100644
index af57a2124a..0000000000
Binary files a/packaging/osx/OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/install_ra_mix.scpt and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/packaging/osx/launcher/Controller.m b/packaging/osx/launcher/Controller.m
index 357ed65570..0a21d98244 100644
--- a/packaging/osx/launcher/Controller.m
+++ b/packaging/osx/launcher/Controller.m
@@ -37,7 +37,23 @@
 	[settings setValue:modString forSetting:@"InitialMods"];
 	[settings save];
 	
-	[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] launchApplication:[[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"OpenRA.app"]];
+	// Launch the game
+    NSMutableArray *args = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:@"settings=../../../launcher.ini",nil];
+	NSString *path = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA"];
+	
+	NSTask *task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
+	[task setLaunchPath:path];
+    [task setArguments:args];
+    [task launch];
+	
+	// Bring the game to the front
+	ProcessSerialNumber psn;
+	if (noErr == GetProcessForPID([task processIdentifier], &psn)) {
+		SetFrontProcess(&psn);
+	}
+	[task release];
+	
+	// Close the launcher
 	[NSApp terminate: nil];
 }