diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/builddetailspage.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/builddetailspage.py
index 0741a7b..b1afe10 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/builddetailspage.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/builddetailspage.py
@@ -98,11 +98,10 @@ class BuildConfigurationTreeView(gtk.TreeView):
         for path in src_config_info.layers:
             import os, os.path
             if os.path.exists(path):
-                f, errors = bb.process.run('cd %s; git branch 2>&1 | grep "^* " | tr -d "* "' % path)
-                if f:
-                    branch = f.strip('\n')
+                branch = bb.process.run('cd %s; git branch | grep "^* " | tr -d "* "' % path)[0]
+                if branch:
+                    branch = branch.strip('\n')
                     vars.append(self.set_vars("Branch:", branch))
-                    f.close()
                 break
 
         self.set_config_model(vars)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hig.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hig.py
index 38f890b..17b9408 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hig.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hig.py
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ class DeployImageDialog (CrumbsDialog):
                 cmdline = bb.ui.crumbs.utils.which_terminal()
                 if cmdline:
                     cmdline += "\"sudo dd if=" + self.image_path + " of=" + combo_item + "\""
-                    bb.process.run(shlex.split(cmdline))
+                    bb.process.Popen(shlex.split(cmdline))
 
     def update_progress_bar(self, title, fraction, status=None):
         self.progress_bar.update(fraction)