diff --git a/terminator b/terminator
index 449a2f3a..24936496 100755
--- a/terminator
+++ b/terminator
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     dbg ("%s starting up, version %s" % (APP_NAME, APP_VERSION))
   
-    OPTIONS = terminatorlib.optionparse.parse_options()
+    OPTIONS,dbus_options = terminatorlib.optionparse.parse_options()
 
     TERMINATOR = Terminator()
     TERMINATOR.set_origcwd(ORIGCWD)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                     if val == True:
                         val = 'True'
                     optionslist[opt] = val and '%s'%val or ''
-                optionslist = dbus.Dictionary(optionslist, signature='ss')
+                optionslist = dbus.Dictionary(dbus_options, signature='ss')
                 if OPTIONS.new_tab:
                     dbg('Requesting a new tab')
                     ipc.new_tab_cmdline(optionslist)
diff --git a/terminatorlib/optionparse.py b/terminatorlib/optionparse.py
index 7bff44d2..63a6f625 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/optionparse.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/optionparse.py
@@ -149,7 +149,16 @@ icon for the window (by file or name)'))
 
     configobj.options_set(options)
 
+    optionslist = {}
+    for opt, val in list(options.__dict__.items()):
+        if type(val) == type([]):
+            val = ' '.join(val)
+        if val == True:
+            val = 'True'
+        optionslist[opt] = val and '%s'%val or ''
+    # optionslist = dbus.Dictionary(optionslist, signature='ss')
     if util.DEBUG == True:
         dbg('OptionParse::parse_options: command line options: %s' % options)
 
-    return(options)
+    
+    return(options,optionslist)