diff --git a/scripts/odt2pdf/odt2pdf.sh b/scripts/odt2pdf/odt2pdf.sh
index 9268b4a680f..0599e4291c5 100755
--- a/scripts/odt2pdf/odt2pdf.sh
+++ b/scripts/odt2pdf/odt2pdf.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ -f "$1.odt" ]
   nbprocess=$(pgrep -c soffice)
   if [ $nbprocess -ne 1 ]
    then
-    soffice --invisible --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard --headless
+    soffice --invisible --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard --headless&
     retcode=$?
     if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]
      then