diff --git a/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/CMakeLists.txt b/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/CMakeLists.txt
index 17c644e1..1e5d3200 100644
--- a/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 add_executable(runservice main.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(runservice KF5::Service KF5::KIOWidgets)
+target_link_libraries(runservice KF5::Service KF5::KIOGui)
 install(TARGETS runservice DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5}/discover)
diff --git a/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/main.cpp b/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/main.cpp
index c0d2c64a..5230310c 100644
--- a/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/main.cpp
+++ b/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/runservice/main.cpp
@@ -1,43 +1,45 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright © 2016 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@blue-systems.com>       *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
  *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as        *
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of        *
  *   the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version        *
  *   accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved     *
  *   by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy            *
  *   defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.                    *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-#include <QApplication>
+#include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <KService>
-#include <KRun>
+#include <KIO/ApplicationLauncherJob>
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-    QApplication app(argc, argv);
+    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
     if (app.arguments().size() != 2)
         return 1;
 
-    KService service(app.arguments().constLast());
-    if (!service.isValid())
+    KService::Ptr service(new KService(app.arguments().constLast()));
+    if (!service->isValid())
         return 2;
 
-    if (KRun::runApplication(service, {}, nullptr) == 0)
-        return 3;
-
-    return 0;
+    KIO::ApplicationLauncherJob *job = new KIO::ApplicationLauncherJob(service);
+    job->start();
+    QObject::connect(job, &KIO::ApplicationLauncherJob::finished, &app, [&] {
+        app.exit(job->error());
+    });
+    return app.exec();
 }