diff --git a/misc-scripts/density_feature/submit_density_features.pl b/misc-scripts/density_feature/submit_density_features.pl
index 130a13e3d58d2c7f443f7e22ca5a4dca61937bbf..928345a097a7e147b7afc87e462c42930969aa15 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/density_feature/submit_density_features.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/density_feature/submit_density_features.pl
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ if ($response == 3) {
 	   print $print_message[$cmd_count];
 	   #for testing
 	   #print "\n\n". $cmd . "\n\n";
-	   exec($cmd);
+	   system($cmd);
 	   $cmd_count++;
         }
     }