diff --git a/recipes/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/recipes/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index f0a45ea..d9ec1b7 100755
--- a/recipes/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/recipes/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ create_file() {
 	[ -e "$1" ] && {
 	  [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Target already exists. Skipping."
 	} || {
-	  eval $EXEC &
+	  eval $EXEC
 	}
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mk_dir() {
 	[ -e "$1" ] && {
 	  [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Target already exists. Skipping."
 	} || {
-	  eval $EXEC &
+	  eval $EXEC
 	}
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ link_file() {
 	[ -e "$2" ] && {
 	  echo "Cannot create link over existing -${TNAME}-." >&2
 	} || {
-	  eval $EXEC &
+	  eval $EXEC
 	}
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
       TSOURCE="$TLTARGET"
       [ -L "${TNAME}" ] || {
         [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating link -${TNAME}- pointing to -${TSOURCE}-."
-        link_file "${TSOURCE}" "${TNAME}" &
+        link_file "${TSOURCE}" "${TNAME}"
         }
       continue
       }
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
 
     case "${TTYPE}" in
       "f")  [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating file -${TNAME}-."
-            create_file "${TNAME}" &
+            create_file "${TNAME}"
 	    ;;
       "d")  [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating directory -${TNAME}-."
-            mk_dir "${TNAME}" &
+            mk_dir "${TNAME}"
 	    # Add check to see if there's an entry in fstab to mount.
 	    ;;
       *)    [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Invalid type -${TTYPE}-."
diff --git a/recipes/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/recipes/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 87a0e99..adf8594 100644
--- a/recipes/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/recipes/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PRIORITY = "required"
 DEPENDS = "makedevs"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "makedevs"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
-PR = "r128"
+PR = "r129"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://functions \
            file://halt \