diff --git a/dev-util/msys/msys.py b/dev-util/msys/msys.py
index 2f7400bc..12def526 100644
--- a/dev-util/msys/msys.py
+++ b/dev-util/msys/msys.py
@@ -1,94 +1,94 @@
 import io
 
 import info
 import shells
 from Package.MaybeVirtualPackageBase import *
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets(self):
         ver = "20161025"
         arch = "i686"
         if CraftCore.compiler.isX64():
             arch = "x86_64"
         # don't set an actual version  instead of base. Msys must be manually updated so doing a craft update of msys wil break things.
         self.targets["base"] = f"http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/{arch}/msys2-base-{arch}-{ver}.tar.xz"
         self.defaultTarget = "base"
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.runtimeDependencies["virtual/bin-base"] = "default"
         self.runtimeDependencies["dev-util/python3"] = "default"
 
     def msysInstallShim(self, installDir):
         return utils.createShim(os.path.join(installDir, "dev-utils", "bin", "msys.exe"),
                                 os.path.join(installDir, "dev-utils", "bin", "python3.exe"),
                                 args=os.path.join(CraftStandardDirs.craftBin(), "shells.py"))
 
 
 from Package.BinaryPackageBase import *
 
 
 class MsysPackage(BinaryPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         BinaryPackageBase.__init__(self)
         self.shell = shells.BashShell()
 
     def install(self):
         if CraftCore.compiler.isX64():
             utils.copyDir(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "msys64"), os.path.join(self.installDir(), "msys"))
         else:
             utils.copyDir(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "msys32"), os.path.join(self.installDir(), "msys"))
         return True
 
     def qmerge(self):
         if not self.subinfo.msysInstallShim(self.installDir()):
             return False
         if not BinaryPackageBase.qmerge(self):
             return False
         msysDir = os.path.join(CraftStandardDirs.craftRoot(), "msys")
         # start and restart msys before first use
-        if not self.shell.execute(".", "echo Firstrun") and utils.system("autorebase.bat", cwd=msysDir):
+        if not self.shell.execute(".", "echo", "Firstrun") and utils.system("autorebase.bat", cwd=msysDir):
             return False
 
         def queryForUpdate():
             out = io.BytesIO()
-            if not self.shell.execute(".", "pacman -Sy --noconfirm --force"):
+            if not self.shell.execute(".", "pacman", "-Sy --noconfirm --force"):
                 raise Exception()
-            self.shell.execute(".", "pacman -Qu --noconfirm", out=out, err=subprocess.PIPE)
+            self.shell.execute(".", "pacman", "-Qu --noconfirm", out=out, err=subprocess.PIPE)
             out = out.getvalue()
             return out != b""
 
         try:
             while queryForUpdate():
-                if not self.shell.execute(".", "pacman -Su --noconfirm --force") and \
+                if not self.shell.execute(".", "pacman", "-Su --noconfirm --force") and \
                         utils.system("autorebase.bat", cwd=msysDir):
                     return False
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
             return False
-        return (self.shell.execute(".", "pacman -S base-devel --noconfirm --force --needed") and
+        return (self.shell.execute(".", "pacman", "-S base-devel --noconfirm --force --needed") and
                 utils.system("autorebase.bat", cwd=msysDir))
 
 
 class VirtualPackage(VirtualPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         VirtualPackageBase.__init__(self)
 
     def install(self):
         if not VirtualPackageBase.install(self):
             return False
         return self.subinfo.msysInstallShim(self.installDir())
 
 
 class Package(MaybeVirtualPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         self.skipCondition = ("Paths", "Msys") not in CraftCore.settings
         MaybeVirtualPackageBase.__init__(self, condition=self.skipCondition, classA=MsysPackage, classB=VirtualPackage)
 
         if not self.skipCondition:
             # override the install method
             def install():
                 CraftCore.log.info(f"Using manually installed msys {CraftStandardDirs.msysDir()}")
                 return self.baseClass.install(self)
 
             setattr(self, "install", install)