diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a0213f..9e28b2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "webpack": "^1.12.2",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^1.12.0",
+    "win-spawn": "^2.0.0",
     "xo": "^0.9.0"
   },
   "xo": {
diff --git a/starter.js b/starter.js
index b8c15c1..9af7d70 100755
--- a/starter.js
+++ b/starter.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 const net = require('net');
 const path = require('path');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const spawn = require('win-spawn');
 const sleep = require('sleep').sleep;
 const config = require('./config');
 const win32 = process.platform === 'win32';