diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3bfba6e07..b16ec0fb0 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ end
 
 task :beef_start => 'beef' do
   printf "Starting BeEF (wait 10 seconds)..."
-  @beef_process_id = IO.popen("./beef -x 2> /dev/null", "w+")
+  @beef_process_id = IO.popen("ruby ./beef -x 2> /dev/null", "w+")
   delays = [2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0.5, 0.5 , 0.5, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.05, 0.05]
   delays.each do |i| # delay for 10 seconds
     printf '.'