diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
index ec529019..171bc95f 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1247,9 +1247,12 @@ void MainWindow::executeTool(PToolItem item)
         QTemporaryFile file(QDir::tempPath()+QDir::separator()+"XXXXXX.bat");
         file.setAutoRemove(false);
         if (file.open()) {
-            file.write(escapeCommandForPlatformShell(
-                "cd", {"/d", localizePath(workDir)}
-                ).toLocal8Bit() + LINE_BREAKER);
+            QString localizedDir=localizePath(workDir);
+            if (!localizedDir.isEmpty()) {
+                file.write(escapeCommandForPlatformShell(
+                    "cd", {"/d", localizedDir}
+                    ).toLocal8Bit() + LINE_BREAKER);
+            }
             file.write(escapeCommandForPlatformShell(program, params).toLocal8Bit()
                        + LINE_BREAKER);
             file.close();
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp
index 81641e0a..bf459a28 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp
@@ -367,11 +367,9 @@ QByteArray runAndGetOutput(const QString &cmd, const QString& workingDir, const
     } else {
         process.setProcessEnvironment(env);
     }
+    process.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+    process.setReadChannel(QProcess::StandardOutput);
     process.setWorkingDirectory(workingDir);
-    process.connect(&process,&QProcess::readyReadStandardError,
-                    [&](){
-        result.append(process.readAllStandardError());
-    });
     process.connect(&process,&QProcess::readyReadStandardOutput,
                     [&](){
         result.append(process.readAllStandardOutput());
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ QByteArray runAndGetOutput(const QString &cmd, const QString& workingDir, const
     process.closeWriteChannel();
     process.waitForFinished();
     if (errorOccurred) {
-        result += process.errorString().toUtf8();
+        result += process.errorString().toLocal8Bit();
     }
     return result;
 }