diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleGit.cs
index 88199245..a2390f69 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleGit.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
             StartInfo.UseShellExecute        = false;
             StartInfo.WorkingDirectory       = path;
+            StartInfo.CreateNoWindow         = true;
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (ExecPath))
                 StartInfo.Arguments = "--exec-path=\"" + ExecPath + "\" " + args;
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
index 081f40da..afd9831d 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
             process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute        = false;
             process.StartInfo.FileName               = "ssh-add";
             process.StartInfo.Arguments              = "\"" + key_file_path + "\"";
+            process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow         = true;
 
             process.Start ();
             process.WaitForExit ();
@@ -836,10 +837,11 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                     EnableRaisingEvents = true
                 };
                 
-                process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = keys_path;
-                process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
+                process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory       = keys_path;
+                process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute        = false;
                 process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
-                process.StartInfo.FileName = "ssh-keygen";
+                process.StartInfo.FileName               = "ssh-keygen";
+                process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow         = true;
 
                 // -t is the crypto type
                 // -P is the password (none)