diff --git a/production/ConsoleMC.main/me/jonasjones/consolemc/ConsoleMC.class b/production/ConsoleMC.main/me/jonasjones/consolemc/ConsoleMC.class
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diff --git a/production/ConsoleMC.main/me/jonasjones/consolemc/config/ModConfigs.class b/production/ConsoleMC.main/me/jonasjones/consolemc/config/ModConfigs.class
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diff --git a/production/ConsoleMC.main/me/jonasjones/consolemc/system/ShellCommand.class b/production/ConsoleMC.main/me/jonasjones/consolemc/system/ShellCommand.class
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diff --git a/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/ConsoleMC.java b/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/ConsoleMC.java
index a54297c..b1fa63a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/ConsoleMC.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/ConsoleMC.java
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class ConsoleMC implements ModInitializer {
-	// This logger is used to write text to the console and the log file.
-	// It is considered best practice to use your mod id as the logger's name.
-	// That way, it's clear which mod wrote info, warnings, and errors.
 	public static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("consolemc");
 	public static String MOD_ID = "consolemc";
 
@@ -18,9 +15,15 @@ public class ConsoleMC implements ModInitializer {
 		CommandRegistrationCallback.EVENT.register(RunCommand::register);
 	}
 
+	//find out if operating system is windows
+	public static boolean ISWINDOWS = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().startsWith("windows");
+	public static String OS = System.getProperty("os.name");
+
 	@Override
 	public void onInitialize() {
 		ModConfigs.registerConfigs();
 		registerCommands();
+		LOGGER.info("ConsoleMC initialized!");
+		LOGGER.info("Server running on " + OS);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/command/RunCommand.java b/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/command/RunCommand.java
index 5f3462a..9e480ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/command/RunCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/command/RunCommand.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package me.jonasjones.consolemc.command;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
 import me.jonasjones.consolemc.ConsoleMC;
+import me.jonasjones.consolemc.system.ShellCommand;
 import net.minecraft.command.CommandRegistryAccess;
 import net.minecraft.command.argument.EntityArgumentType;
 import net.minecraft.command.argument.MessageArgumentType;
@@ -75,27 +76,7 @@ public class RunCommand {
         }
     }
     public static int runCommand(String cmd, CommandContext<ServerCommandSource> context) {
-        Process process = null;
-        try {
-            process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
-
-            BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
-            String s = null;
-            while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) {
-                returnCommandOutput(cmd, s, context);
-            }
-            BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getErrorStream()));
-            while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) {
-                returnCommandOutput(cmd, s, context);
-            }
-            return 1;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            //e.printStackTrace();
-            String errorLog = "Error: \"" + cmd + "\", No such file or directory!";
-            ConsoleMC.LOGGER.info(errorLog);
-            broadcastToOP(errorLog, context);
-            return -1;
-        }
+        return ShellCommand.execute(cmd, context);
     }
     public static void returnCommandOutput(String cmd, String commandFeedback, CommandContext<ServerCommandSource> context) {
         String consoleLog = "  [" + cmd + "]: " + commandFeedback;
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/system/ShellCommand.java b/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/system/ShellCommand.java
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index 0000000..ea90424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/jonasjones/consolemc/system/ShellCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package me.jonasjones.consolemc.system;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
+import me.jonasjones.consolemc.ConsoleMC;
+import me.jonasjones.consolemc.command.RunCommand;
+import net.minecraft.server.command.ServerCommandSource;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class ShellCommand {
+    public static int execute(String command, CommandContext<ServerCommandSource> context) {
+        new Thread(() -> {
+            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
+            if (ConsoleMC.ISWINDOWS) {
+                processBuilder.command("cmd.exe", "/c", command);
+            } else {
+                processBuilder.command("bash", "-c", command);
+            }
+
+            try {
+
+                Process process = processBuilder.start();
+
+                BufferedReader reader =
+                        new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
+
+                String line;
+                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                    RunCommand.returnCommandOutput(command, line, context);
+                }
+
+                int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+                if (exitCode == 0) {
+                    ConsoleMC.LOGGER.info("Exited with error code : " + exitCode);
+                } else {
+                    ConsoleMC.LOGGER.error("Exited with error code : " + exitCode);
+                }
+
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }).start();
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
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