diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index eb902c6..d6a841a 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.91 2005/01/30 18:43:17 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.92 2005/02/01 09:33:56 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def lock
 			if pid
 				pid.chomp!
 				begin
-					Process.kill(0, pid)
+					Process.kill(0, pid.to_i)
 					print "Already running, exiting...\n"
 					exit
 				rescue Errno::ESRCH