diff --git a/modules/gui/src/file_loader.cc b/modules/gui/src/file_loader.cc
index ce043a13391bb7d8019b34d2ebd77a711b603ec7..fe372449ede693ffe43fbd073942171107b32f1e 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/file_loader.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/file_loader.cc
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void FileLoader::RunScript(const QString& filename)
   //The following code lines are just temporary
   //TODO create class or function which can load any kind of files and execute scripts
   pi.RunCommand("_sys_argv_backup=sys.argv");
-  pi.RunCommand("sys.argv=''");
+  pi.RunCommand("sys.argv=list()");
   pi.RunCommand("_dir=os.getcwd()");
   pi.RunCommand("os.chdir('"+QFileInfo(filename).absolutePath()+"')");
   pi.RunCommand("execfile('"+QFileInfo(filename).fileName()+"')");