diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ae3a0b..23b080b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2020-06-01
+
+### ✏️ Shell Option
+
+### Added
+
+- Check if directory exists before executing install commands
+- Use `shell` option for `spawn` command if `platform === 'win32'`
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-06-01
 
 ### ✏️ Better Logging
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f46d607..0c96587 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-cli-application",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "A bootstrapper for creating a cli application with Node.",
   "bin": {
     "create-cli-application": "./index.js"
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 82fb45a..52b2bf5 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const pkg = require("../package.json");
 Sentry.init({
   dsn:
     "https://55c913cc3d394f71ba669fda095698fd@o202486.ingest.sentry.io/5254191",
-  release: "0.7.0",
+  release: "0.8.0",
 });
 
 import {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
      * The program that parses the initial user input
      */
     const program = new commander.Command("create-cli-application")
-      .version("0.7.0")
+      .version("0.8.0")
       .arguments("<application-name>")
       .usage(`${chalk.blueBright("<application-name>")} [options]`)
       .action((name) => {
diff --git a/src/init.ts b/src/init.ts
index 3daae56..5e431ce 100644
--- a/src/init.ts
+++ b/src/init.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const createProjectDirectory = async (
     );
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail();
-    console.log("")
+    console.log("");
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
@@ -88,12 +88,22 @@ export const installDependencies = async (
     const installCommand = "npm";
     let installArgs = ["install", "--save"];
     installArgs = installArgs.concat(dependencies);
-    // * Create a process that installs the dependencies
-    await executeCommand(installCommand, installArgs, { cwd: root });
-    spinner.succeed("Dependencies installed successfully");
+    // * Verify that the directory exists 1st
+    const pathExists = await fs.pathExists(root);
+    if (pathExists) {
+      // * Create a process that installs the dependencies
+      await executeCommand(installCommand, installArgs, {
+        cwd: root,
+        shell: process.platform === "win32",
+      });
+      spinner.succeed("Dependencies installed successfully");
+    } else {
+      spinner.fail(`Path: ${root} does not exist.`);
+      throw new Error(`Path: ${root} does not exist.`);
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail();
-    console.log("")
+    console.log("");
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
@@ -124,12 +134,22 @@ export const installDevDependencies = async (
       installArgs = installArgs.concat(devDependencies);
     }
 
-    // * Creates a process that installs the dev dependencies
-    await executeCommand(installCommand, installArgs, { cwd: root });
-    spinner.succeed("DevDependencies installed successfully");
+    // * Verify that the directory exists 1st
+    const pathExists = await fs.pathExists(root);
+    if (pathExists) {
+      // * Create a process that installs the dependencies
+      await executeCommand(installCommand, installArgs, {
+        cwd: root,
+        shell: process.platform === "win32",
+      });
+      spinner.succeed("DevDependencies installed successfully");
+    } else {
+      spinner.fail(`Path: ${root} does not exist.`);
+      throw new Error(`Path: ${root} does not exist.`);
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail();
-    console.log("")
+    console.log("");
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
@@ -190,7 +210,7 @@ export const copyTemplateFiles = async (
     spinner.succeed("Template files copied successfully");
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail();
-    console.log("")
+    console.log("");
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
@@ -242,7 +262,7 @@ export const replaceTemplateValues = async (
     spinner.succeed("Values in template files replaced successfully");
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail();
-    console.log("")
+    console.log("");
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
@@ -283,7 +303,7 @@ export const createTSConfig = async (
     spinner.succeed("tsconfig.json created successfully");
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail();
-    console.log("")
+    console.log("");
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 2aec847..f1dee8a 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import validateProjectName from "validate-npm-package-name";
 export const executeCommand = async (
   command: string,
   args?: string[],
-  options?: { cwd?: string }
+  options?: { cwd?: string; shell?: boolean }
 ): Promise<void | { code: number; signal: any }> =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const cp = spawn(command, args, options);
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ export const cleanupError = async (
     const rootExists = await fs.pathExists(root);
 
     if (rootExists) {
-      await executeCommand("rimraf", [root]);
+      await executeCommand("rimraf", [root], {
+        shell: process.platform === "win32",
+      });
     }
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(error);