diff --git a/src/dorem.c b/src/dorem.c
index bfa3c485..db78dec5 100644
--- a/src/dorem.c
+++ b/src/dorem.c
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int jul)
 	break;
 
     case RUN_TYPE:
-	system(DBufValue(&buf));
+	System(DBufValue(&buf));
 	break;
 
     default: /* Unknown/illegal type? */
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ int DoMsgCommand(char const *cmd, char const *msg)
     }
     r = OK;
 
-    system(DBufValue(&execBuffer));
+    System(DBufValue(&execBuffer));
 
 finished:
     DBufFree(&buf);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 81473bde..2548b2a6 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1392,3 +1392,14 @@ SaveLastTimeTrig(TimeTrig const *t)
 {
     memcpy(&LastTimeTrig, t, sizeof(LastTimeTrig));
 }
+
+/* Wrapper to ignore warnings about ignoring return value of system() */
+void
+System(char const *cmd)
+{
+    int r;
+    r = system(cmd);
+    if (r == 0) {
+	r = 1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/protos.h b/src/protos.h
index a87039c4..8262d59a 100644
--- a/src/protos.h
+++ b/src/protos.h
@@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ void PrintJSONKeyPairString(char const *name, char const *val);
 void PrintJSONKeyPairDate(char const *name, int jul);
 void PrintJSONKeyPairDateTime(char const *name, int dt);
 void PrintJSONKeyPairTime(char const *name, int t);
+void System(char const *cmd);
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 06d62b28..0ed4bf13 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void IssueSortedReminders(void)
 	    break;
 
 	case RUN_TYPE:
-	    system(cur->text);
+	    System(cur->text);
 	    break;
 	}