diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 2ab50e9..1952b4d 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "bin": "./dist/cli/index.js",
-  "version": "0.8.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.8.0-rc.3",
   "description": "Lightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative built to run anywhere — incl. Next.js, Remix, Astro, Cloudflare, Bun, Node, AWS Lambda & more.",
   "homepage": "https://bknd.io",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
index 8c73e6a..81a5c9a 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { downloadTemplate } from "@bluwy/giget-core";
 import * as $p from "@clack/prompts";
 import type { CliCommand } from "cli/types";
 import { typewriter, wait } from "cli/utils/cli";
-import { exec, getVersion } from "cli/utils/sys";
+import { execAsync, getVersion } from "cli/utils/sys";
 import { Option } from "commander";
 import color from "picocolors";
 import { overridePackageJson, updateBkndPackages } from "./npm";
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ async function action(options: { template?: string; dir?: string; integration?:
 
       //console.log("url", url);
       const s = $p.spinner();
-      s.start("Downloading template...");
+      await s.start("Downloading template...");
       try {
          await downloadTemplate(url, {
             dir: ctx.dir,
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ async function action(options: { template?: string; dir?: string; integration?:
          const install_cmd = template.scripts?.install || "npm install";
 
          const s = $p.spinner();
-         s.start("Installing dependencies...");
+         await s.start("Installing dependencies...");
          try {
-            exec(`cd ${ctx.dir} && ${install_cmd}`, { silent: true });
+            await execAsync(`cd ${ctx.dir} && ${install_cmd}`, { silent: true });
          } catch (e) {
             if (e instanceof Error) {
                s.stop("Failed to install: " + color.red(e.message), 1);
diff --git a/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts b/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
index 4bedace..4ea3531 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { execSync, exec as nodeExec } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import url from "node:url";
@@ -51,3 +51,23 @@ export function exec(command: string, opts?: { silent?: boolean; env?: Record<st
    }
    return output.toString();
 }
+
+export function execAsync(
+   command: string,
+   opts?: { silent?: boolean; env?: Record<string, string> }
+) {
+   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      nodeExec(
+         command,
+         {
+            env: { ...process.env, ...opts?.env }
+         },
+         (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+            if (err) {
+               return reject(err);
+            }
+            resolve(stdout);
+         }
+      );
+   });
+}