diff --git a/commands/misc/dl.js b/commands/misc/dl.js
index bad36d6..9104f7a 100644
--- a/commands/misc/dl.js
+++ b/commands/misc/dl.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs')
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
         
         const originalMessage = await message.channel.send("Downloading video...")
         
-        if(this.executeCommand(["yt-dlp", url, "-P", downloadsDir, "--cookies", cookieFilepath]).error){
+        if(this.executeCommand("yt-dlp", [url, "-P", downloadsDir, "--cookies", cookieFilepath]).error){
             originalMessage.edit("An error occured when downloading the video.");
             this.cleanUp(downloadsDir);
             return;
@@ -68,16 +68,15 @@ module.exports = {
         fs.rmSync(downloadsDir, {force: true, recursive: true});
     },
     
-    executeCommand(command) {
-        if(!Array.isArray(command)) return {error: true};
-        const cmdString = command.join(" ")
-        console.log("Executing:", cmdString);
+    executeCommand(command, commandArgs, {verbose = false}) {
+        if (typeof command !== 'string' || !Array.isArray(commandArgs)) return { error: true };
+        console.log("Executing:", command, commandArgs.join(" "));
         try {
-            const output = execSync(cmdString, { encoding: 'utf-8' })
-            if (output.length != 0)
+            const output = execFileSync(command, commandArgs, {encoding: 'utf8'})
+            if (output.length != 0 && verbose)
                 console.log(output)
         } catch (error) {
-            console.error(`Error executing ${command[0]} command:`, error);
+            console.error(`Error executing ${command} command:`, error);
             return { error: true };
         }
         return { error: false };