diff --git a/src/backend/Admin.ts b/src/backend/Admin.ts
index 3d5da3a..f11000b 100644
--- a/src/backend/Admin.ts
+++ b/src/backend/Admin.ts
@@ -184,5 +184,5 @@ export class FrontblockAdmin extends AdminBase<AdminConf>{
 process.on( 'SIGINT', function() {
     logger.info( "Gracefully shutting down from SIGINT (Ctrl-C)" );
     // some other closing procedures go here
-    process.exit( );
+    process.exit(0);
 })
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diff --git a/src/backend/Installer.ts b/src/backend/Installer.ts
index 83c96f9..dab3e8b 100644
--- a/src/backend/Installer.ts
+++ b/src/backend/Installer.ts
@@ -19,34 +19,17 @@ const logger = Logger.getLogger("installer")
 export type NPMPkgName = string
 export type NPMVersion = string
 
-export const defaultNodePkgs = ():[NPMPkgName, NPMVersion][] => {
-    return [
-        ['sqlite3', '4.1.0'], 
-        ['knex', '0.19.2']
-    ]
-}
-
-export const npmInstall = (prefix: string = './plugins') => async (npmPkgs: [NPMPkgName, NPMVersion][]) => {
+export const installAdmin = (plugins: Plugin[] = []) => {
+    
+    const npmPkgs:[NPMPkgName, NPMVersion][] = [['sqlite3', '4.1.0'], ['knex', '0.19.2']]
     const deps = npmPkgs.map(tuple => tuple.join('@') ).join(" ")
-    logger.info('npm install --prefix', prefix, deps)
+    logger.info("Installing plaform dependencies: "+deps)
 
-    const { error, stdout, stderr } = await exec('npm i --prefix ' + prefix + ' ' + deps)
+    exec("npm i --prefix ./plugins " + deps).then(process => {
+    
+        logger.debug(process.stdout)    
+        const Admin = require("./Admin").FrontblockAdmin
+        new Admin(plugins)
+    })
 
-    if (error) throw new Error(stderr)
-    else logger.info(stdout)
-}
-
-export const installAdmin = async (plugins: Plugin[] = []) => {
-    logger.debug('Installing Admin')
-
-    try {
-        await npmInstall()(defaultNodePkgs())
-        logger.info('Installed node dependencies')
-    } catch (error) {
-        logger.fatal('Unable to install node dependencies: ', error)
-        process.exit(1);
-    }
-
-    const Admin = require("./Admin").FrontblockAdmin
-    new Admin(plugins)
 }
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