diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94816c0..4ef32ee 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run start",
     "start": "npm run start-ganache-bg && npm run get-repos && npm run gen",
     "start:local": "npm run start-ganache-bg && npm run link-repos && npm run gen",
-    "gen": "scripts/deploy-base && scripts/publish-apps && scripts/publish-kits",
-    "start-ganache": "scripts/start-ganache",
-    "start-ganache-bg": "scripts/start-ganache-bg",
+    "gen": "sh scripts/deploy-base && sh scripts/publish-apps && sh scripts/publish-kits",
+    "start-ganache": "node scripts/start-ganache",
+    "start-ganache-bg": "node scripts/start-ganache-bg",
     "get-repos": "scripts/get-repos",
-    "link-repos": "scripts/link-repos",
+    "link-repos": "node scripts/link-repos",
     "deploy-base": "scripts/deploy-base",
     "deploy-beta": "scripts/deploy-beta"
   },
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@
     "chalk": "^2.1.0",
     "figures": "^2.0.0",
     "ganache-core": "^2.2.1",
+    "kill-port-process": "0.0.6",
     "listr": "^0.13.0",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.3",
     "web3": "^1.0.0-beta.34",
     "yargs": "^12.0.2"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-base b/scripts/deploy-base
deleted file mode 100755
index f9f776d..0000000
--- a/scripts/deploy-base
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e;
-source scripts/set-env;
-
-echo "Make sure you are on an empty chain running with the default mnemonic"
-sleep 2; # let the people read
-
-echo "Deploying ENS instance"
-cd repos/aragonOS;
-npx truffle compile;
-DEPLOYED_ENS=$(npx truffle exec --network rpc scripts/deploy-test-ens.js | tail -n 1)
-if [ "${ENS}" = "${DEPLOYED_ENS}" ]; then 
-	echo "ENS deployed $DEPLOYED_ENS"
-else
-	echo >&2 "ENS address missmatch. Please restart ganache by running:";
-	echo "npm run start-ganache";
-	rm -rf aragon-ganache;
-	exit 1;
-fi
-
-echo "Deploying APM registry to aragonpm.eth"
-npx truffle exec --network rpc scripts/deploy-apm.js
-
-cd ../aragon-id;
-echo "Deploying aragonID registry to aragonpm.eth"
-npx truffle compile;
-npx truffle exec --network rpc scripts/deploy-beta-aragonid.js;
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-base.js b/scripts/deploy-base.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7180729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy-base.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const { echo, exec, cd, exit, rm } = require('shelljs')
+require('./set-env')
+
+echo('Make sure you are on an empty chain running with the default mnemonic')
+// sleep 2; # let the people read
+
+echo('Deploying ENS instance')
+cd('repos/aragonOS')
+// exec('npx truffle compile')
+const DEPLOYED_ENS = exec('npx truffle exec --network rpc scripts/deploy-test-ens.js') //| tail -n 1
+console.log(DEPLOYED_ENS.stdout)
+
+if(process.env.ENS === DEPLOYED_ENS) {
+	echo('ENS deployed $DEPLOYED_ENS')
+} else {
+	// echo >&2 "ENS address missmatch. Please restart ganache by running:";
+	echo('ENS address missmatch. Please restart ganache by running:')
+	echo('npm run start-ganache')
+	rm('-rf', 'aragon-ganache')
+	exit(1)
+}
+
+echo('Deploying APM registry to aragonpm.eth')
+exec('npx truffle exec --network rpc scripts/deploy-apm.js')
+
+cd('../aragon-id')
+echo('Deploying aragonID registry to aragonpm.eth')
+exec('npx truffle compile')
+exec('npx truffle exec --network rpc scripts/deploy-beta-aragonid.js')
diff --git a/scripts/link-repos b/scripts/link-repos
deleted file mode 100755
index 282dc74..0000000
--- a/scripts/link-repos
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e;
-echo "Cleaning and creating 'repos' dir"
-rm -rf repos;
-mkdir repos;
-
-cd repos
-
-echo "Linking to local repos"
-ln -s ../../aragonOS aragonOS
-ln -s ../../aragon-apps aragon-apps
-ln -s ../../aragon-id aragon-id
-ln -s ../../dao-kits dao-kits
diff --git a/scripts/link-repos.js b/scripts/link-repos.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c0521c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/link-repos.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const { mkdir, echo, rm, cd, ln } = require('shelljs')
+
+// TODO set -e;
+echo('Cleaning and creating "repos" dir')
+rm('-rf', 'repos')
+mkdir('repos')
+
+cd('repos')
+
+echo('Linking to local repos')
+ln('-s', '../../aragonOS', 'aragonOS')
+ln('-s', '../../aragon-apps', 'aragon-apps')
+ln('-s', '../../aragon-id', 'aragon-id')
+ln('-s', '../../dao-kits', 'dao-kits')
diff --git a/scripts/set-env b/scripts/set-env
deleted file mode 100755
index 60b9c02..0000000
--- a/scripts/set-env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-export OWNER="0xb4124ceb3451635dacedd11767f004d8a28c6ee7"
-export ENS="0x5f6f7e8cc7346a11ca2def8f827b7a0b612c56a1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/set-env.js b/scripts/set-env.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03e662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/set-env.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+process.env.OWNER = "0xb4124ceb3451635dacedd11767f004d8a28c6ee7"
+process.env.ENS = "0x5f6f7e8cc7346a11ca2def8f827b7a0b612c56a1"
diff --git a/scripts/start-ganache b/scripts/start-ganache
deleted file mode 100755
index 8c98d43..0000000
--- a/scripts/start-ganache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cd $(dirname $0)/..
-BASEPATH=$(pwd)
-mnemonic=$(node -p "require(require('path').join(\"${BASEPATH}\", 'src/helpers/ganache-vars')).MNEMONIC")
-
-rm -rf aragon-ganache
-mkdir aragon-ganache
-set -e;
-npx ganache-cli -m "${mnemonic}" -i 15 -l 100000000 --db aragon-ganache
diff --git a/scripts/start-ganache-bg b/scripts/start-ganache-bg
deleted file mode 100755
index 4d33e18..0000000
--- a/scripts/start-ganache-bg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set +e;
-kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:8545);
-set -e;
-
-echo "Starting ganache in the background";
-
-nohup npm run start-ganache &
diff --git a/scripts/start-ganache-bg.js b/scripts/start-ganache-bg.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..227458c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-ganache-bg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const { echo, exec } = require('shelljs')
+const kill = require('kill-port-process')
+
+async function execute () {
+  echo('Checking if the port 8545 is busy')
+  try {
+    await kill(8545)
+  } catch (e) {
+    echo('Nothing was running on port 8545')
+  }
+
+  echo('Starting ganache in the background')
+
+  // TODO nohup npm run start-ganache &
+  exec('npm run start-ganache', {
+    detached: true // is it working?
+  })
+}
+
+execute()
diff --git a/scripts/start-ganache.js b/scripts/start-ganache.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e491afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-ganache.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const { echo, mkdir, pwd, rm, exec } = require('shelljs')
+
+const BASEPATH = pwd().toString()
+
+// TODO cd $(dirname $0) /..
+
+const mnemonic = require(require('path').join(BASEPATH, 'src/helpers/ganache-vars')).MNEMONIC
+echo(mnemonic)
+
+rm('-rf','aragon-ganache')
+mkdir('aragon-ganache')
+// TODO # set - e;
+exec(`npx ganache-cli -m "${mnemonic}" -i 15 -l 100000000 --db aragon-ganache`)