diff --git a/plogical/processUtilities.py b/plogical/processUtilities.py
index a595cb22b..1bfe9b31b 100755
--- a/plogical/processUtilities.py
+++ b/plogical/processUtilities.py
@@ -243,12 +243,15 @@ class ProcessUtilities(multi.Thread):
             return 0
 
     @staticmethod
-    def outputExecutioner(command, user=None):
+    def outputExecutioner(command, user=None, shell = None):
         try:
             if getpass.getuser() == 'root':
                 if os.path.exists(ProcessUtilities.debugPath):
                     logging.writeToFile(command)
-                p = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                if shell == None or shell == True:
+                    p = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                else:
+                    p = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command),  stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
                 return p.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")
 
             if type(command) == list:
diff --git a/websiteFunctions/website.py b/websiteFunctions/website.py
index 41373e45a..44af28b0c 100755
--- a/websiteFunctions/website.py
+++ b/websiteFunctions/website.py
@@ -3379,11 +3379,11 @@ StrictHostKeyChecking no
             ##
 
             command = 'git -C %s push' % (self.folder)
-            commandStatus = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command)
+            commandStatus = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command, 'root', False)
 
             if commandStatus.find('has no upstream branch') > -1:
                 command = 'git -C %s rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD' % (self.folder)
-                currentBranch = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command).rstrip('\n')
+                currentBranch = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command, 'root', False).rstrip('\n')
 
                 if currentBranch.find('fatal: ambiguous argument') > -1:
                     data_ret = {'status': 0, 'error_message': 'You need to commit first.', 'commandStatus': 'You need to commit first.'}
@@ -3391,7 +3391,7 @@ StrictHostKeyChecking no
                     return HttpResponse(json_data)
 
                 command = 'git -C %s push --set-upstream origin %s' % (self.folder, currentBranch)
-                commandStatus = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command)
+                commandStatus = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command, 'root', False)
 
             if commandStatus.find('Everything up-to-date') == -1 and commandStatus.find('rejected') == -1 and commandStatus.find('Permission denied') == -1:
                 data_ret = {'status': 1, 'commandStatus': commandStatus}