diff --git a/js/misc/util.js b/js/misc/util.js
index 971c6306f..0201fd112 100644
--- a/js/misc/util.js
+++ b/js/misc/util.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export function spawnApp(argv) {
  * Runs argv in the background. If launching argv fails,
  * this will throw an error.
  */
-function trySpawn(argv) {
+export function trySpawn(argv) {
     let success_, pid;
     try {
         [success_, pid] = GLib.spawn_async(