diff --git a/helpers/config b/helpers/config
index 91fe0a4..03c0553 100755
--- a/helpers/config
+++ b/helpers/config
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ DEVELMIRROR=http://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/$CODENAME
 LOCALMIRROR=http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel
 LOCAL_APT=`mktemp -d` 
 
-alias rpl=$PWD/DATA/rpl
+export RPL=$PWD/DATA/rpl
+rpl(){
+$RPL $@
+}
 
 pkgversion(){
 	dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Version