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diff --git a/alot/helper.py b/alot/helper.py
index 1c569a23..26787fa8 100644
--- a/alot/helper.py
+++ b/alot/helper.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def string_decode(string, enc='ascii'):
def shorten(string, maxlen):
"""shortens string if longer than maxlen, appending ellipsis"""
if 1 < maxlen < len(string):
- string = string[:maxlen - 1] + u'\u2026'
+ string = string[:maxlen - 1] + u'…'
return string[:maxlen]
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def call_cmd_async(cmdlist, stdin=None, env=None):
self.deferred.errback(terminated_obj)
d = Deferred()
- environment = os.environ
+ environment = os.environ.copy()
if env is not None:
environment.update(env)
logging.debug('ENV = %s', environment)