diff --git a/examples/vector/package.json b/examples/vector/package.json
index 48e4e93b9f..a9405e4a0c 100644
--- a/examples/vector/package.json
+++ b/examples/vector/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "browserify -t [ envify --NODE_ENV production ] -t reactify index.js | uglifyjs -c -m -o bundle.js",
-    "start": "parallelshell 'watchify -v -d -t reactify index.js -o bundle.js' 'http-server'"
+    "start": "parallelshell \"watchify -v -d -t reactify index.js -o bundle.js\" \"http-server\""
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3b87d62c3..f964eac788 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "build:css": "catw 'skins/base/css/**/*.css' -o bundle.css -c uglifycss --no-watch",
     "start:css": "catw 'skins/base/css/**/*.css' -o bundle.css -v",
     "build": "npm run build:js && npm run build:css",
-    "start": "parallelshell 'npm run start:js' 'npm run start:css'",
+    "start": "parallelshell \"npm run start:js\" \"npm run start:css\"",
     "prepublish": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "catw": "^1.0.1",
-    "parallelshell": "^1.1.1",
+    "parallelshell": "^1.2.0",
     "react-tools": "^0.13.3",
     "uglifycss": "0.0.15"
   }