diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57c6f562..f9d7968a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
    Fix 'make distcheck' by removing data/latex.tags from EXTRA_DIST.
  * scripts/create_py_tags.py:
    Make the script a bit more robust with newer Python versions.
+ * src/templates.c:
+   Use utils_spawn_sync() instead of g_spawn_sync().
 
 
 2010-01-31  Frank Lanitz  <frank(at)frank(dot)uvena(dot)de>
diff --git a/src/templates.c b/src/templates.c
index 827db73a..4f7d8fcf 100644
--- a/src/templates.c
+++ b/src/templates.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static gchar *run_command(const gchar *command, const gchar *file_name,
 			"GEANY_FILETYPE", file_type,
 			"GEANY_FUNCNAME", func_name,
 			NULL);
-		if (! g_spawn_sync(NULL, argv, env, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH,
+		if (! utils_spawn_sync(NULL, argv, env, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH,
 				NULL, NULL, &result, NULL, NULL, &error))
 		{
 			g_warning("templates_replace_command: %s", error->message);