diff --git a/.mash.exs b/.mash.exs
index ba66dc3..fc57bd1 100644
--- a/.mash.exs
+++ b/.mash.exs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ defmodule MashConfig do
       %{
         name: :compile_dev,
         needs: [:restore_cache],
-        run: mix("compile", [], env: [{"MIX_ENV", "dev"}])
+        run: mix("do", ["deps.compile,", "compile"], env: [{"MIX_ENV", "dev"}])
       },
       %{
         name: :test,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defmodule MashConfig do
       },
       %{
         name: :save_cache,
-        needs: [:test, :compile_dev],
+        needs: [:restore_cache],
         run: save_cache()
       },
       %{
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50c99cd..7864448 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Add mash to your dependencies like so:
 ```elixir
 def deps do
   [
-    {:mash, "~> 0.1.1"}
+    {:mash, "~> 0.1.2"}
   ]
 end
 ```
diff --git a/lib/mash/helpers.ex b/lib/mash/helpers.ex
index 4b05557..787add6 100644
--- a/lib/mash/helpers.ex
+++ b/lib/mash/helpers.ex
@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@ defmodule Mash.Helpers do
 
     mix_env =
       Enum.find_value(env, fn {key, value} -> key == "MIX_ENV" && value end) ||
-        Atom.to_string(Mix.Task.preferred_cli_env(task_name)) ||
-        Atom.to_string(Mix.env()) ||
+        Mix.Task.preferred_cli_env(task_name) ||
+        Mix.env() ||
         :dev
 
+    mix_env =
+      case mix_env do
+        env when is_binary(env) ->
+          env
+
+        env ->
+          Atom.to_string(env)
+      end
+
     fn io_pid ->
       cmd("mix", [task_name | args], io_pid, [{"MIX_ENV", mix_env} | env])
     end
@@ -74,9 +83,9 @@ defmodule Mash.Helpers do
   end
 
   defp cmd(command, args, io_pid, env) do
-    exec_string = "-c #{command} #{Enum.join(args, " ")}"
+    exec_string = ~s(-c #{command} #{Enum.join(args, " ")})
 
-    System.cmd("script", ["-eqf", exec_string, "/dev/null"],
+    System.cmd("script", ["/dev/null", "-eqf", exec_string],
       into: IO.stream(io_pid, :line),
       env: env,
       parallelism: true,
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index f926947..fb5ae5e 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Mash.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :mash,
-      version: "0.1.1",
+      version: "0.1.2",
       elixir: "~> 1.14",
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       deps: deps(),