diff --git a/src/solidlsp/language_servers/common.py b/src/solidlsp/language_servers/common.py
index 4ce8f3b4..8163d5b3 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/language_servers/common.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/language_servers/common.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 import os
+import platform
 import subprocess
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class RuntimeDependency:
     url: str | None = None
     archive_type: str | None = None
     binary_name: str | None = None
-    command: str | None = None
+    command: str | list[str] | None = None
     package_name: str | None = None
     package_version: str | None = None
     extract_path: str | None = None
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class RuntimeDependencyCollection:
         return results
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _run_command(command: str, cwd: str) -> None:
+    def _run_command(command: str | list[str], cwd: str) -> None:
         kwargs = {}
         if PlatformUtils.get_platform_id().is_windows():
             kwargs["creationflags"] = subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW  # type: ignore
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ class RuntimeDependencyCollection:
 
             kwargs["user"] = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
         log.info("Running command '%s' in '%s'", command, cwd)
+
+        is_windows = platform.system() == "Windows"
+        if not isinstance(command, str) and not is_windows:
+            # Since we are using the shell, we need to convert the command list to a single string
+            # on Linux/macOS
+            command = " ".join(command)
+
         completed_process = subprocess.run(
             command,
             shell=True,
diff --git a/src/solidlsp/language_servers/typescript_language_server.py b/src/solidlsp/language_servers/typescript_language_server.py
index 7b700deb..ccb5e8c4 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/language_servers/typescript_language_server.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/language_servers/typescript_language_server.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class TypeScriptLanguageServer(SolidLanguageServer):
     @classmethod
     def _setup_runtime_dependencies(
         cls, logger: LanguageServerLogger, config: LanguageServerConfig, solidlsp_settings: SolidLSPSettings
-    ) -> str:
+    ) -> list[str]:
         """
         Setup runtime dependencies for TypeScript Language Server and return the command to start the server.
         """
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ class TypeScriptLanguageServer(SolidLanguageServer):
                 RuntimeDependency(
                     id="typescript",
                     description="typescript package",
-                    command="npm install --prefix ./ typescript@5.5.4",
+                    command=["npm", "install", "--prefix", "./", "typescript@5.5.4"],
                     platform_id="any",
                 ),
                 RuntimeDependency(
                     id="typescript-language-server",
                     description="typescript-language-server package",
-                    command="npm install --prefix ./ typescript-language-server@4.3.3",
+                    command=["npm", "install", "--prefix", "./", "typescript-language-server@4.3.3"],
                     platform_id="any",
                 ),
             ]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TypeScriptLanguageServer(SolidLanguageServer):
             raise FileNotFoundError(
                 f"typescript-language-server executable not found at {tsserver_executable_path}, something went wrong with the installation."
             )
-        return f"{tsserver_executable_path} --stdio"
+        return [tsserver_executable_path, "--stdio"]
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_initialize_params(repository_absolute_path: str) -> InitializeParams: