diff --git a/electron.js b/electron.js
index 7f41feb..3adaba2 100644
--- a/electron.js
+++ b/electron.js
@@ -279,11 +279,13 @@ ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Detect_Mounts, (event, data) => {
   const grabDriveLetters = (locations) => {
     for (let i = 'c'.charCodeAt(0); i <= 'z'.charCodeAt(0); i++) {
       const drive = (String.fromCharCode(i) + ':').toUpperCase();
-      let driveInUse = false;
-      for (const provider of Constants.PROVIDER_LIST) {
-        driveInUse = locations[provider].startsWith(drive);
-        if (driveInUse)
-          break;
+      let driveInUse;
+      if (locations.length > 0) {
+        for (const provider of Constants.PROVIDER_LIST) {
+          driveInUse = locations[provider].startsWith(drive);
+          if (driveInUse)
+            break;
+        }
       }
       if (!driveInUse) {
         try {
@@ -297,12 +299,14 @@ ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Detect_Mounts, (event, data) => {
       }
     }
 
-    for (const provider of Constants.PROVIDER_LIST) {
-      if (locations[provider].length > 0) {
-        if (!driveLetters[provider].find((driveLetter) => {
-          return driveLetter === locations[provider];
-        })) {
-          driveLetters[provider].push(locations[provider]);
+    if (locations.length > 0) {
+      for (const provider of Constants.PROVIDER_LIST) {
+        if (locations[provider].length > 0) {
+          if (!driveLetters[provider].find((driveLetter) => {
+            return driveLetter === locations[provider];
+          })) {
+            driveLetters[provider].push(locations[provider]);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -311,10 +315,12 @@ ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Detect_Mounts, (event, data) => {
   const setImage = (locations) => {
     if (os.platform() === 'win32' || os.platform() === 'linux') {
       let driveInUse;
-      for (const provider of Constants.PROVIDER_LIST) {
-        driveInUse = locations[provider].length > 0;
-        if (driveInUse)
-          break;
+      if (locations.length > 0) {
+        for (const provider of Constants.PROVIDER_LIST) {
+          driveInUse = locations[provider].length > 0;
+          if (driveInUse)
+            break;
+        }
       }
 
       let image;
@@ -357,8 +363,11 @@ ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Detect_Mounts, (event, data) => {
       });
     })
     .catch(error => {
-      grabDriveLetters('', '');
-      setImage('', '');
+      console.log(error);
+      if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+        grabDriveLetters({});
+      }
+      setImage({});
       standardIPCReply(event, Constants.IPC_Detect_Mounts_Reply, {
         DriveLetters: driveLetters,
       }, error);
@@ -470,6 +479,7 @@ ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Grab_UI_Releases, (event) => {
 });
 
 ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Install_Dependency, (event, data) => {
+  console.log(data);
   if (data.Source.toLowerCase().endsWith('.dmg')) {
     helpers
       .executeAsync('hdiutil', ['attach', data.Source])
@@ -480,6 +490,7 @@ ipcMain.on(Constants.IPC_Install_Dependency, (event, data) => {
         });
       })
       .catch(error=> {
+        console.log(error);
         standardIPCReply(event, Constants.IPC_Install_Dependency_Reply, {
           Source: data.Source,
           URL: data.URL,
diff --git a/helpers.js b/helpers.js
index 2f0041c..e494960 100644
--- a/helpers.js
+++ b/helpers.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ module.exports.executeAsync = (command, args=[]) => {
     const launchProcess = (count, timeout) => {
       const processOptions = {
         detached: true,
-        shell: true,
+        shell: false,
       };
 
       const process = new spawn(command, args, processOptions);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ module.exports.executeMount = (directory, version, storageType, location, noCons
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     const processOptions = {
       detached: false,
-      shell: true,
+      shell: os.platform() !== 'darwin',
       stdio: 'ignore',
     };
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ module.exports.getMissingDependencies = dependencies => {
     } else {
       for (const dep of dependencies) {
         try {
-          if (!fs.lstatSync(dep.file).isFile()) {
+          if (!(fs.lstatSync(dep.file).isFile() || fs.lstatSync(dep.file).isSymbolicLink())) {
             missing.push(dep);
           }
         } catch (e) {
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ module.exports.setConfigValue = (name, value, directory, storageType, version) =
 module.exports.stopMountProcess = (directory, version, storageType) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const processOptions = {
-      detached: false,
-      shell: true,
+      detached: os.platform() === 'darwin',
+      shell: os.platform() !== 'darwin',
       windowsHide: true,
     };
 
@@ -464,13 +464,17 @@ module.exports.stopMountProcess = (directory, version, storageType) => {
         Code: code,
       });
     });
+
+    if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
+      process.unref();
+    }
   });
 };
 
 module.exports.stopMountProcessSync = (directory, version, storageType) => {
   const processOptions = {
     detached: true,
-    shell: true,
+    shell: os.platform() !== 'darwin',
     windowsHide: true,
   };