diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/base/init b/usr/share/archboot/base/init
index d9edfe523..03f423296 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/base/init
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/base/init
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ _emergency_shell() {
     echo "Welcome to Archboot Emergeny Shell:"
     echo "Seems something went wrong..."
     echo "Type 'poweroff' for shutdown or 'reboot' to restart."
+    /bin/sh
 }
 
 # mount kernel filesystems