diff --git a/lxpanel/src/configurator.c b/lxpanel/src/configurator.c

index 88c9e80..a78a305 100644

--- a/lxpanel/src/configurator.c

+++ b/lxpanel/src/configurator.c

@@ -1412,5 +1412,8 @@ lxpanel_get_file_manager()

 extern const char*

 lxpanel_get_terminal()

 {

-    return terminal_cmd ? terminal_cmd : "lxterminal -e %s";

+    struct stat st;

+    if( !terminal_cmd || stat(terminal_cmd, &st) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || !(st.st_mode & S_IXUSR))

+        return "xvt -e %s";

+    else return terminal_cmd;

 }