diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
index 69d6c171bc..3d06f9556b 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ case "$1" in
   start)
 	# Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 	# starting up Asterisk when Asterisk is already running is very bad.
-	VERSION=`${DAEMON} -rnx 'core show version' || ${TRUE}`
+	VERSION=`${DAEMON} -rx 'core show version' || ${TRUE}`
 	if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
 		echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 		exit 1
diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index 7f8b6a285a..ad8b38103d 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -3321,7 +3321,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			ast_clear_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_FORCE_BLACK_BACKGROUND);
 			break;
 		case 'x':
-			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_EXEC);
+			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_EXEC | AST_OPT_FLAG_NO_COLOR);
 			xarg = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
 		case '?':