diff --git a/lib/API/Version.js b/lib/API/Version.js
index 2bad8608a..b61dee55f 100644
--- a/lib/API/Version.js
+++ b/lib/API/Version.js
@@ -243,10 +243,11 @@ module.exports = function(CLI) {
     });
   };
 
-  var exec = function (cmd, callback) {
+  var exec = function (cmd, cwd, callback) {
     var output = '';
 
-    var c = child.exec(cmd, {
+    var c = child.execFile('/bin/sh', ['-c', cmd], {
+      cwd: cwd,
       env: process.env,
       maxBuffer: 3*1024*1024,
       timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ module.exports = function(CLI) {
 
     eachSeries(command_list, function(command, callback) {
       stdout += '\n' + command;
-      exec('cd '+repo_path+';'+command,
+      exec(command, repo_path,
            function(code, output) {
              stdout += '\n' + output;
              if (code === 0)