diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index a4fbddb..0e084ec 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.4.8
+####  version: 0.4.9
 ####  Date: November 8 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -596,13 +596,20 @@ get_start_client()
 		B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL='true'
 	elif [[ -n $PPID && -f /proc/$PPID/exe ]];then
 		irc_client_path=$( readlink /proc/$PPID/exe )
+		irc_client_path_lower=$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )
 		# this handles the problem with konversation reporting itself as perl, which was missed because
 		# when konversation starts inxi from inside itself, as a script, the parent is konversation, not perl
 		if [[ -z $( grep -i 'konversation' <<< $irc_client_path ) && -n $( grep -i 'perl' <<< $irc_client_path ) && -n $( pidof konversation ) ]];then
 			irc_client_path=$( which konversation )
 			non_native_konvi='true'
+		# from sidux infobash, handle bad detection of shell; Horst Tritremmel <hjt at sidux.com>
+		elif [[ ${irc_client_path_lower##*/} =~ dash|bash|sh ]]; then
+			# We want to know who wrapped it into the shell.
+			PPPID="$( ps -p $PPID -o ppid --no-headers | sed 's/ //g' )"
+			if [[ -n $PPPID && -f /proc/$PPPID/exe ]];then
+				irc_client_path_lower="$( readlink /proc/$PPPID/exe | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )"
+			fi
 		fi
-		irc_client_path_lower=$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )
 
 		case $irc_client_path_lower in
 			*irssi-text*|*irssi*)