diff --git a/src/cli/cli-core/src/package-manager.ts b/src/cli/cli-core/src/package-manager.ts
index a8cabf11c..8c3438ba5 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli-core/src/package-manager.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cli-core/src/package-manager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {spawn, SpawnOptions, spawnSync} from 'child_process';
+import {execSync, ExecSyncOptions, spawn, SpawnOptions, spawnSync} from 'child_process';
 import {PackageManagerCommands, PackageManagers} from './api';
 import {canRunCommand} from './utils';
 
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ const commands: PackageManagerCommands = {
   [PackageManagers.Npm]: {
     addDependency: 'install',
     installAllDependencies: 'install',
+    execBinary: 'npx',
   },
   [PackageManagers.Yarn]: {
     addDependency: 'add',
     installAllDependencies: 'install',
+    execBinary: 'yarn',
   },
 };
 
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ export class PackageManager {
   /**
    * Installs all the dependencies listed in package.json.
    */
-  installAllDependencies (options?: SpawnOptions) {
-    return this.exec([this.commands.installAllDependencies], options);
+  installAllDependencies (options?: ExecSyncOptions) {
+    return execSync(`${this.binary} ${this.commands.installAllDependencies}`, options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -96,6 +98,10 @@ export class PackageManager {
       });
     });
   }
+
+  execBinary (command: string, options?: ExecSyncOptions) {
+    execSync(`${this.commands.execBinary} ${command}`, options);
+  }
 }
 
 let packageManager: PackageManager;
diff --git a/src/utils/start/src/index.action.ts b/src/utils/start/src/index.action.ts
index d8d217ed9..29037d1a8 100644
--- a/src/utils/start/src/index.action.ts
+++ b/src/utils/start/src/index.action.ts
@@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ export = async (_: {}, target: Target) => {
   const guideUrl = guideUrls[target];
   switch (target) {
     case Target.Android:
-      execSync(`${diez} compile -t android`, {stdio: 'inherit'});
+      packageManager.execBinary('diez compile -t android', {stdio: 'inherit'});
       Log.comment('Starting the Diez hot server...');
       hotProcess = fork(diez, ['hot', '-t', 'android'], {stdio: 'inherit'});
       break;
     case Target.Ios:
-      execSync(`${diez} compile -t ios --cocoapods`, {stdio: 'inherit'});
+      packageManager.execBinary('diez compile -t ios --cocoapods', {stdio: 'inherit'});
       Log.comment('Installing CocoaPods dependencies in example codebase...');
       execSync('pod install', {cwd: targetRoot, stdio: 'inherit'});
       Log.comment('Starting the Diez hot server...');
       hotProcess = fork(diez, ['hot', '-t', 'ios'], {stdio: 'inherit'});
       break;
     case Target.Web:
-      execSync(`${diez} compile -t web`, {stdio: 'inherit'});
+      packageManager.execBinary('diez compile -t web', {stdio: 'inherit'});
       Log.comment('Installing Node dependencies in example codebase...');
       await packageManager.installAllDependencies({cwd: targetRoot, stdio: 'inherit'});
       Log.comment('Starting the Diez hot server...');