diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f063e2224f..32c6faf980 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,4 +102,6 @@ packages/builder/cypress/reports
 stats.html
 
 # TypeScript cache
-*.tsbuildinfo
\ No newline at end of file
+*.tsbuildinfo
+budibase-component
+budibase-datasource
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/exec.js b/packages/cli/src/exec.js
index 8b1134c897..72fd8e00eb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/exec.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/exec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const util = require("util")
 const exec = util.promisify(require("child_process").exec)
 
-exports.exec = async command => {
-  const { stdout } = await exec(command)
+exports.exec = async (command, dir = "./") => {
+  const { stdout } = await exec(command, { cwd: dir })
   return stdout
 }
 
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ exports.utilityInstalled = async utilName => {
   }
 }
 
-exports.runPkgCommand = async command => {
+exports.runPkgCommand = async (command, dir = "./") => {
   const yarn = await exports.utilityInstalled("yarn")
   const npm = await exports.utilityInstalled("npm")
   if (!yarn && !npm) {
     throw new Error("Must have yarn or npm installed to run build.")
   }
   const npmCmd = command === "install" ? `npm ${command}` : `npm run ${command}`
-  await exports.exec(yarn ? `yarn ${command}` : npmCmd)
+  const cmd = yarn ? `yarn ${command}` : npmCmd
+  await exports.exec(cmd, dir)
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js b/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js
index 6ce2d47e63..e6de624b63 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function init(opts) {
   await getSkeleton(type, name)
   await fleshOutSkeleton(name, desc, version)
   console.log(info("Installing dependencies..."))
-  await runPkgCommand("install")
+  await runPkgCommand("install", join(process.cwd(), name))
   console.log(info(`Plugin created in directory "${name}"`))
 }