diff -up gnomebaker-0.6.4/src/execfunctions.c.nograce gnomebaker-0.6.4/src/execfunctions.c
--- gnomebaker-0.6.4/src/execfunctions.c.nograce	2009-12-26 13:50:06.000000000 +0100
+++ gnomebaker-0.6.4/src/execfunctions.c	2009-12-26 13:50:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ cdrecord_add_common_args(ExecCmd *cmd)
 	if(preferences_get_bool(GB_CDRECORD_FORCE))
 	   exec_cmd_add_arg(cmd, "-force");
 
-	exec_cmd_add_arg(cmd, "gracetime=5");
+	/* tsmetana -- this is useless IMHO */
+	/* exec_cmd_add_arg(cmd, "gracetime=5"); */
 
     const gint speed = preferences_get_int(GB_CDWRITE_SPEED);
     if(speed > 0)