diff --git a/usr/bin/launch-terminal b/usr/bin/launch-terminal
index 1d8e2e2..cbd1c63 100755
--- a/usr/bin/launch-terminal
+++ b/usr/bin/launch-terminal
@@ -61,20 +61,20 @@ echo "$1" >> "$codefile"
 chmod +x "$initfile"
 
 # Command to run in the terminal emulator
-cmd="\"$initfile\""
+cmd="$initfile"
 
 # Define a dictionary of supported terminal emulators
 declare -A terminals=(
-    ["alacritty"]="alacritty -e $cmd || LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 alacritty -e $cmd"
-    ["konsole"]="konsole -e $cmd"
-    ["kgx"]="kgx -- $cmd"
-    ["gnome-terminal"]="gnome-terminal --wait -- $cmd"
-    ["xfce4-terminal"]="xfce4-terminal --disable-server --command '$cmd'"
-    ["qterminal"]="qterminal -e $cmd"
-    ["lxterminal"]="lxterminal -e $cmd"
-    ["mate-terminal"]="mate-terminal --disable-factory -e $cmd"
-    ["xterm"]="xterm -e $cmd"
-    ["foot"]="foot -T launch-terminal -e $cmd"
+    ["alacritty"]="alacritty -e bash -c \"$cmd\" || LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 alacritty -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["konsole"]="konsole --noclose -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["kgx"]="kgx -- bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["gnome-terminal"]="gnome-terminal --wait -- bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["xfce4-terminal"]="xfce4-terminal --disable-server --command bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["qterminal"]="qterminal -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["lxterminal"]="lxterminal -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["mate-terminal"]="mate-terminal --disable-factory -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["xterm"]="xterm -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
+    ["foot"]="foot -T launch-terminal -e bash -c \"$cmd\""
 )
 
 # Define an ordered list of terminals to try
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ declare -a term_order=(
 )
 
 # Select the terminal based on the desktop environment
+terminal=""
 case "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" in
     KDE) terminal="konsole" ;;
     GNOME)
@@ -108,11 +109,15 @@ esac
 
 # If no terminal emulator is found, notify and exit
 if [ -z "$terminal" ]; then
-    notify-send -t 15000 --app-name=Snigdha\ OS "No terminal installed" \
+    notify-send -t 15000 --app-name="Snigdha OS" "No terminal installed" \
         "No supported terminal emulator is installed. Please install a terminal emulator like Alacritty."
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Debugging information
+echo "Selected terminal: $terminal"
+echo "Command to execute: ${terminals[$terminal]}"
+
 # Special handling for kgx to ensure proper behavior
 if [ "$terminal" = "kgx" ]; then
     sed -i '2i sleep 0.1' "$initfile"
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ if [ "$terminal" = "kgx" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Run the terminal emulator with the command
+exitcode=0
 eval "${terminals[$terminal]}" || exitcode=$?
 
 # Clean up temporary files
@@ -128,8 +134,10 @@ if [ "$codefile" != "$initfile" ]; then
     rm "$codefile"
 fi
 
-# Exit gracefully if no terminal error occurred, otherwise propagate the error
-if [ -n "${exitcode-}" ] && [ "$exitcode" != 130 ]; then
+# Exit handling
+if [ "$exitcode" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Terminal executed the command successfully."
+elif [ "$exitcode" -ne 130 ]; then
     echo "Error: Terminal launch failed with exit code $exitcode"
-    exit 2
+    exit "$exitcode"
 fi