diff --git a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
index 61290906bb9f7f32292d1e70287b9263c61c75c2..2adb0c5c48fd15b91eacaa137b1fd947160c3823 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
+++ b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ message() {
 
 # Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 # starting safe_asterisk when Asterisk is running is very bad.
-VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -rx 'core show version'`
+VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -nrx 'core show version'`
 if test "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ; then
 	message "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 	exit 1