diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpGraphql.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpGraphql.ts
index 11984a50bf2..56c78cdcb5e 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpGraphql.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpGraphql.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import { minifyIntrospectionQuery } from '@urql/introspection'
 
 import { nexusTypegen, watchNexusTypegen } from '../utils/nexusTypegenUtil'
 import { monorepoPaths } from '../monorepoPaths'
-import { spawned } from '../utils/childProcessUtils'
-import { spawn } from 'child_process'
+import { spawned, universalSpawn } from '../utils/childProcessUtils'
 import { DEFAULT_INTERNAL_CLOUD_ENV } from '../gulpConstants'
 
 export async function nexusCodegen () {
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ export async function graphqlCodegen () {
 }
 
 export async function graphqlCodegenWatch () {
-  const spawned = spawn('graphql-codegen', ['--watch', '--config', 'graphql-codegen.yml'], {
+  const spawned = universalSpawn('graphql-codegen', ['--watch', '--config', 'graphql-codegen.yml'], {
     cwd: monorepoPaths.root,
   })
   const dfd = pDefer()
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpWebpack.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpWebpack.ts
index 2d394ed397a..56b069cdb5f 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpWebpack.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpWebpack.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import { spawn } from 'child_process'
 import pDefer from 'p-defer'
 import { monorepoPaths } from '../monorepoPaths'
+import { universalSpawn } from '../utils/childProcessUtils'
 import { addChildProcess } from './gulpRegistry'
 
 export function webpackRunner () {
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ type RunWebpackCfg = {
 export async function runWebpack (cfg: RunWebpackCfg) {
   const { cwd, args = [], env = process.env, devServer = false, prefix } = cfg
   const dfd = pDefer()
-  const spawned = spawn(
+  const spawned = universalSpawn(
     devServer
-      ? './node_modules/.bin/webpack-dev-server'
-      : './node_modules/.bin/webpack',
+      ? 'webpack-dev-server'
+      : 'webpack',
     args,
     {
       cwd,
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/utils/childProcessUtils.ts b/scripts/gulp/utils/childProcessUtils.ts
index abf03c602c8..d69c4ffcd2b 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/utils/childProcessUtils.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/utils/childProcessUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { ChildProcess, exec, ExecOptions, fork, ForkOptions, spawn, SpawnOptions } from 'child_process'
+import { ChildProcess,
+  ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams,
+  exec, ExecOptions,
+  fork, ForkOptions,
+  spawn, SpawnOptions,
+} from 'child_process'
 import through2 from 'through2'
 import pDefer from 'p-defer'
 import util from 'util'
@@ -89,15 +94,10 @@ export async function spawned (
   const { waitForExit, waitForData, tapErr, tapOut, ...spawnOpts } = opts
 
   const [executable, ...rest] = command.split(' ')
-  let useExecutable = executable
-
-  if (process.platform === 'win32' && !useExecutable.endsWith('.cmd')) {
-    useExecutable = `${executable}.cmd`
-  }
 
   // console.log(useExecutable, rest, spawnOpts)
 
-  const cp = spawn(useExecutable, rest, {
+  const cp = universalSpawn(executable, rest, {
     stdio: 'pipe',
     ...spawnOpts,
     env: {
@@ -269,3 +269,20 @@ function streamHandler (cp: ChildProcess, config: StreamHandlerConfig) {
 
   return dfd.promise
 }
+
+const isWin = process.platform === 'win32'
+
+/**
+ * Pretreat commands to make them compatible with windows
+ * @param command
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function universalSpawn (
+  command: string,
+  args: string[],
+  opts?: any,
+): ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams {
+  const uCommand = isWin ? `${(command).replace(/\//g, '\\')}.cmd` : command
+
+  return spawn(uCommand, args, opts)
+}