diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index ee07b10..71b21ec 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ tap.test('should spawn an interactive cli', async () => {
   await testSmartshell.execInteractive('echo "hi"');
 });
 
+tap.test('should spawn an interactive cli', async () => {
+  await testSmartshell.execInteractive('node');
+});
+
 tap.start({
   throwOnError: true,
 });
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 8dac35e..1efb3ab 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartshell',
-  version: '3.0.1',
+  version: '3.0.2',
   description: 'shell actions designed as promises'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartshell.classes.smartshell.ts b/ts/smartshell.classes.smartshell.ts
index 8892d45..fba9dda 100644
--- a/ts/smartshell.classes.smartshell.ts
+++ b/ts/smartshell.classes.smartshell.ts
@@ -30,44 +30,45 @@ export class Smartshell {
    * executes a given command async
    */
   private async _exec(options: {
-    commandString: string,
-    silent?: boolean,
-    strict?: boolean,
-    streaming?: boolean,
-    interactive?: boolean
+    commandString: string;
+    silent?: boolean;
+    strict?: boolean;
+    streaming?: boolean;
+    interactive?: boolean;
   }): Promise<IExecResult | IExecResultStreaming | void> {
-
     if (options.interactive) {
       if (process.env.CI) {
-          return;
+        return;
       }
-  
+
       const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
-      const shell = cp.spawn('sh', [], { stdio: ['pipe', 'inherit', 'inherit'] });
-      this.smartexit.addProcess(shell);
-  
-      shell.on('close', (code) => {
-          console.log(`interactive shell terminated with code ${code}`);
-          this.smartexit.removeProcess(shell);
-          done.resolve();
+      
+      // Notice that stdio is set to 'inherit'
+      const shell = cp.spawn(options.commandString, {
+        stdio: 'inherit',
+        shell: true,
+        detached: true
       });
-  
-      let commandString = options.commandString;
-      
-      shell.stdin.write(commandString + '\n exit \n');
-      
+
+      this.smartexit.addProcess(shell);
+
+      shell.on('close', (code) => {
+        console.log(`interactive shell terminated with code ${code}`);
+        this.smartexit.removeProcess(shell);
+        done.resolve();
+      });
+
       await done.promise;
-  
+
       return;
-  }
-  
+    }
 
     const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer<IExecResult | IExecResultStreaming>();
     const childProcessEnded = plugins.smartpromise.defer<IExecResult>();
 
     let commandToExecute = options.commandString;
     commandToExecute = this.shellEnv.createEnvExecString(options.commandString);
-    
+
     const spawnlogInstance = new ShellLog();
     const execChildProcess = cp.spawn(commandToExecute, [], {
       shell: true,
@@ -143,19 +144,30 @@ export class Smartshell {
     return (await this._exec({ commandString, silent: true, strict: true })) as IExecResult;
   }
 
-  public async execStreaming(commandString: string, silent: boolean = false): Promise<IExecResultStreaming> {
+  public async execStreaming(
+    commandString: string,
+    silent: boolean = false
+  ): Promise<IExecResultStreaming> {
     return (await this._exec({ commandString, silent, streaming: true })) as IExecResultStreaming;
   }
 
   public async execStreamingSilent(commandString: string): Promise<IExecResultStreaming> {
-    return (await this._exec({ commandString, silent: true, streaming: true })) as IExecResultStreaming;
+    return (await this._exec({
+      commandString,
+      silent: true,
+      streaming: true,
+    })) as IExecResultStreaming;
   }
 
   public async execInteractive(commandString: string) {
     await this._exec({ commandString, interactive: true });
   }
 
-  public async execAndWaitForLine(commandString: string, regexArg: RegExp, silentArg: boolean = false) {
+  public async execAndWaitForLine(
+    commandString: string,
+    regexArg: RegExp,
+    silentArg: boolean = false
+  ) {
     let done = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
     let execStreamingResult = await this.execStreaming(commandString, silentArg);
     execStreamingResult.childProcess.stdout.on('data', (stdOutChunk: string) => {