diff --git a/react-native-cli/index.js b/react-native-cli/index.js
index 306191bcc..83d0a6bc9 100755
--- a/react-native-cli/index.js
+++ b/react-native-cli/index.js
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function run(root, projectName, logLevel) {
     spawnArgs = {stdio: 'inherit'};
   }
   var proc;
-  if (os.platform() === 'win32'){
+  if (/^win/.test(process.platform)) {
     args.unshift('npm');
     args.unshift('/c');
     proc = spawn('cmd', args, spawnArgs);
diff --git a/react-native-cli/package.json b/react-native-cli/package.json
index 7b76d4e79..3195fc426 100644
--- a/react-native-cli/package.json
+++ b/react-native-cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-cli",
-  "version": "0.1.8",
+  "version": "0.1.9",
   "license" : "BSD-3-Clause",
   "description": "The React Native CLI tools",
   "main": "index.js",