diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index d80c6ba..2fe6a38 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 import { existsSync, statSync, readFileSync, openSync, writeSync, unlinkSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { parse as urlParse } from 'node:url';
-import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
-
-import shellQuote from 'shell-quote';
+import { once } from 'node:events';
 
 class HarperDBNextJSExtensionError extends Error {}
 
@@ -273,27 +272,47 @@ async function build(config, componentPath, server) {
 		}
 
 		// Build
-		const [command, ...args] = shellQuote.parse(config.buildCommand);
+		try {
+			logger.info(`Building Next.js application at ${componentPath}`);
+
+			const timerStart = performance.now();
+
+			const stdout = [];
+			const stderr = [];
 
-		const timerStart = performance.now();
+			const buildProcess = spawn(config.buildCommand, [], {
+				shell: true,
+				cwd: componentPath,
+				stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+			});
 
-		const { stdout, stderr, status, error } = spawnSync(command, args, {
-			cwd: componentPath,
-			encoding: 'utf-8',
-		});
+			buildProcess.stdout.on('data', (c) => stdout.push(c));
+			buildProcess.stderr.on('data', (c) => stderr.push(c));
+
+			const [code, signal] = await once(buildProcess, 'close');
 
-		if (status === 0) {
-			if (stdout) logger.info(stdout);
 			const duration = performance.now() - timerStart;
+
+			if (code !== 0) {
+				logger.warn(`Build command \`${config.buildCommand}\` exited with code ${code} and signal ${signal}`);
+			}
+
+			if (stdout.length > 0) {
+				logger.info(Buffer.concat(stdout).toString());
+			}
+
+			if (stderr.length > 0) {
+				logger.error(Buffer.concat(stderr).toString());
+			}
+
 			logger.info(`The Next.js build took ${((duration % 60000) / 1000).toFixed(2)} seconds`);
 			server.recordAnalytics(
 				duration,
 				'nextjs_build_time_in_milliseconds',
 				componentPath.toString().slice(0, -1).split('/').pop()
 			);
-		} else {
-			if (stderr) logger.error(stderr);
-			if (error) logger.error(error);
+		} catch (error) {
+			logger.error(error);
 		}
 
 		// Release lock and exit
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 937ece8..5f51af4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 			"name": "@harperdb/nextjs",
 			"version": "1.1.0",
 			"license": "MIT",
-			"dependencies": {
-				"shell-quote": "^1.8.1"
-			},
 			"bin": {
 				"harperdb-nextjs": "cli.js"
 			},
@@ -1045,15 +1042,6 @@
 				"node": ">=8"
 			}
 		},
-		"node_modules/shell-quote": {
-			"version": "1.8.1",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shell-quote/-/shell-quote-1.8.1.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-6j1W9l1iAs/4xYBI1SYOVZyFcCis9b4KCLQ8fgAGG07QvzaRLVVRQvAy85yNmmZSjYjg4MWh4gNvlPujU/5LpA==",
-			"license": "MIT",
-			"funding": {
-				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
-			}
-		},
 		"node_modules/strip-json-comments": {
 			"version": "3.1.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-3.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fe694d..e7b34ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 		"format:fix": "npm run format -- --write",
 		"lint": "eslint ."
 	},
-	"dependencies": {
-		"shell-quote": "^1.8.1"
-	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@eslint/js": "^9.17.0",
 		"@harperdb/code-guidelines": "^0.0.2",