diff --git a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.cpp b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.cpp
index fa89958c22..80471a9599 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.cpp
@@ -18,24 +18,23 @@
 
 struct Option {
     DeprecatedString title;
-    Vector<char const*> cmd;
+    ShutdownDialog::Command command;
     bool enabled;
     bool default_action;
 };
 
-static Vector<Option> const options = {
-    { "Power off computer", { "/bin/shutdown", "--now", nullptr }, true, true },
-    { "Reboot", { "/bin/reboot", nullptr }, true, false },
-    { "Log out", { "/bin/logout", nullptr }, true, false },
+static Array const options = {
+    Option { "Power off computer", { "/bin/shutdown"sv, { "--now" } }, true, true },
+    Option { "Reboot", { "/bin/reboot"sv, {} }, true, false },
+    Option { "Log out", { "/bin/logout"sv, {} }, true, false },
 };
 
-Vector<char const*> ShutdownDialog::show()
+Optional<ShutdownDialog::Command const&> ShutdownDialog::show()
 {
     auto dialog = ShutdownDialog::construct();
     auto rc = dialog->exec();
     if (rc == ExecResult::OK && dialog->m_selected_option != -1)
-        return options[dialog->m_selected_option].cmd;
-
+        return options[dialog->m_selected_option].command;
     return {};
 }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.h b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.h
index 8a7fe14019..71d825feec 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.h
+++ b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/ShutdownDialog.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <AK/Optional.h>
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Dialog.h>
 
@@ -13,7 +14,12 @@ class ShutdownDialog : public GUI::Dialog {
     C_OBJECT(ShutdownDialog);
 
 public:
-    static Vector<char const*> show();
+    struct Command {
+        StringView executable;
+        Vector<char const*, 2> arguments;
+    };
+
+    static Optional<Command const&> show();
 
 private:
     ShutdownDialog();
diff --git a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
index ee44ae766f..29b0ede8b8 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <WindowServer/Window.h>
 #include <serenity.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <spawn.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -254,19 +253,9 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<GUI::Menu>> build_system_menu(GUI::Window& window)
         GUI::Process::spawn_or_show_error(&window, "/bin/Run"sv, ReadonlySpan<StringView> {}, Core::StandardPaths::home_directory());
     }));
     system_menu->add_separator();
-    system_menu->add_action(GUI::Action::create("E&xit...", TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/power.png"sv)), [](auto&) {
-        auto command = ShutdownDialog::show();
-
-        if (command.size() == 0)
-            return;
-
-        pid_t child_pid;
-        if ((errno = posix_spawn(&child_pid, command[0], nullptr, nullptr, const_cast<char**>(command.data()), environ))) {
-            perror("posix_spawn");
-        } else {
-            if (disown(child_pid) < 0)
-                perror("disown");
-        }
+    system_menu->add_action(GUI::Action::create("E&xit...", TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/power.png"sv)), [&](auto&) {
+        if (auto command = ShutdownDialog::show(); command.has_value())
+            GUI::Process::spawn_or_show_error(&window, command->executable, command->arguments);
     }));
 
     return system_menu;