diff --git a/lib/shadow/link.cjs b/lib/shadow/link.cjs
index c434966f..b418cfbe 100644
--- a/lib/shadow/link.cjs
+++ b/lib/shadow/link.cjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-const { chmodSync, realpathSync } = require('fs')
+const { realpathSync } = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 
 const which = require('which')
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ function installLinks (realDirname, binname) {
     }
     return !isShadow
   })
+  if (npmpath && process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return npmpath
+  }
   if (!npmpath) {
     console.error('Socket unable to locate npm ensure it is available in the PATH environment variable')
     process.exit(127)
   }
   if (shadowIndex === -1) {
-    chmodSync(realNpmShadowBinDir, parseInt('755', 8))
     const bindir = path.join(realDirname)
     process.env['PATH'] = `${
       bindir
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72b194ba..f48f0dc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@socketsecurity/cli",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "description": "CLI tool for Socket.dev",
   "homepage": "http://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli-js",
   "repository": {
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     "lib/shadow/**"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "echo": "echo $PATH",
     "check:dependency-check": "dependency-check '*.js' 'lib/shadow/*.cjs' '*.mjs' 'test/**/*.js' --no-dev",
     "check:installed-check": "installed-check -i eslint-plugin-jsdoc",
     "check:lint": "eslint --report-unused-disable-directives .",