diff --git a/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeAndNPMInstaller.java b/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeAndNPMInstaller.java
index 548065a84..d7df71283 100644
--- a/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeAndNPMInstaller.java
+++ b/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeAndNPMInstaller.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private boolean nodeIsAlreadyInstalled() {
                 NodeExecutorConfig executorConfig = new InstallNodeExecutorConfig(config);
                 File nodeFile = executorConfig.getNodePath();
                 if(nodeFile.exists()){
-                    final String version = new NodeExecutor(executorConfig, Arrays.asList("--version")).executeAndGetResult();
+                    final String version = new NodeExecutor(executorConfig, Arrays.asList("--version")).executeAndGetResult(logger);
 
                     if(version.equals(nodeVersion)){
                         logger.info("Node " + version + " is already installed.");
diff --git a/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeExecutor.java b/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeExecutor.java
index e5101cdb3..8d15284f6 100644
--- a/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeExecutor.java
+++ b/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/NodeExecutor.java
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@ public NodeExecutor(NodeExecutorConfig config, List<String> arguments){
         final String node = config.getNodePath().getAbsolutePath();
         List<String> localPaths = new ArrayList<String>();
         localPaths.add(config.getNodePath().getParent());
-        this.executor = new ProcessExecutor(
-            config.getWorkingDirectory(),
-            localPaths,
-            Utils.prepend(node, arguments),
-            config.getPlatform());
+        this.executor = new ProcessExecutor(config.getWorkingDirectory(), localPaths, node, arguments,
+                config.getPlatform());
     }
 
-    public String executeAndGetResult() throws ProcessExecutionException {
-        return executor.executeAndGetResult();
+    public String executeAndGetResult(final Logger logger) throws ProcessExecutionException {
+        return executor.executeAndGetResult(logger);
     }
 
     public int executeAndRedirectOutput(final Logger logger) throws ProcessExecutionException {
diff --git a/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/ProcessExecutor.java b/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/ProcessExecutor.java
index 3931a1f1a..ab5e297c3 100644
--- a/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/ProcessExecutor.java
+++ b/frontend-plugin-core/src/main/java/com/github/eirslett/maven/plugins/frontend/lib/ProcessExecutor.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -36,22 +35,23 @@ final class ProcessExecutor {
     private CommandLine commandLine;
     private final Executor executor;
 
-    public ProcessExecutor(File workingDirectory, List<String> paths, List<String> command, Platform platform) {
-        this(workingDirectory, paths, command, platform, 0);
+    public ProcessExecutor(File workingDirectory, List<String> paths, String executable, List<String> arguments,
+            Platform platform) {
+        this(workingDirectory, paths, executable, arguments, platform, 0);
     }
 
-    public ProcessExecutor(File workingDirectory, List<String> paths, List<String> command, Platform platform,
-            long timeoutInSeconds) {
+    public ProcessExecutor(File workingDirectory, List<String> paths, String executable, List<String> arguments,
+            Platform platform, long timeoutInSeconds) {
         this.environment = createEnvironment(paths, platform);
-        this.commandLine = createCommandLine(command);
+        this.commandLine = createCommandLine(executable, arguments);
         this.executor = createExecutor(workingDirectory, timeoutInSeconds);
     }
 
-    public String executeAndGetResult() throws ProcessExecutionException {
+    public String executeAndGetResult(final Logger logger) throws ProcessExecutionException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         ByteArrayOutputStream stderr = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
-        int exitValue = execute(stdout, stderr);
+        int exitValue = execute(logger, stdout, stderr);
         if (exitValue == 0) {
             return stdout.toString().trim();
         } else {
@@ -63,15 +63,20 @@ public int executeAndRedirectOutput(final Logger logger) throws ProcessExecution
         OutputStream stdout = new LoggerOutputStream(logger, 0);
         OutputStream stderr = new LoggerOutputStream(logger, 1);
 
-        return execute(stdout, stderr);
+        return execute(logger, stdout, stderr);
     }
 
-    private int execute(OutputStream stdout, OutputStream stderr) throws ProcessExecutionException {
+    private int execute(final Logger logger, final OutputStream stdout, final OutputStream stderr)
+            throws ProcessExecutionException {
+        logger.debug("Executing command line {}", commandLine);
         try {
             ExecuteStreamHandler streamHandler = new PumpStreamHandler(stdout, stderr);
             executor.setStreamHandler(streamHandler);
 
-            return executor.execute(commandLine, environment);
+            int exitValue = executor.execute(commandLine, environment);
+            logger.debug("Exit value {}", exitValue);
+
+            return exitValue;
         } catch (ExecuteException e) {
             if (executor.getWatchdog() != null && executor.getWatchdog().killedProcess()) {
                 throw new ProcessExecutionException("Process killed after timeout");
@@ -107,12 +112,11 @@ private Map<String, String> createEnvironment(List<String> paths, Platform platf
         return environment;
     }
 
-    private CommandLine createCommandLine(List<String> command) {
-        Iterator<String> args = command.iterator();
-        CommandLine commmandLine = new CommandLine(args.next());
+    private CommandLine createCommandLine(String executable, List<String> arguments) {
+        CommandLine commmandLine = new CommandLine(executable);
 
-        while(args.hasNext()) {
-            commmandLine.addArgument(args.next());
+        for (String argument : arguments) {
+            commmandLine.addArgument(argument);
         }
 
         return commmandLine;