diff --git a/src/executor.rs b/src/executor.rs
index 2807eae5..0540c038 100644
--- a/src/executor.rs
+++ b/src/executor.rs
@@ -176,3 +176,20 @@ impl Check for ExecutorExitStatus {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Extension methods for `std::process::Command`
+pub trait CommandExt {
+    /// Run the command, wait for it to complete, check the return code and decode the output as UTF-8.
+    fn check_output(&mut self) -> Result<String, Error>;
+}
+
+impl CommandExt for Command {
+    fn check_output(&mut self) -> Result<String, Error> {
+        let output = self.output().context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?;
+        let status = output.status;
+        if !status.success() {
+            Err(ErrorKind::ProcessFailed(status))?
+        }
+        Ok(String::from_utf8(output.stdout).context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/steps/generic.rs b/src/steps/generic.rs
index c43eeedd..eaf19882 100644
--- a/src/steps/generic.rs
+++ b/src/steps/generic.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use crate::error::{Error, ErrorKind};
-use crate::executor::RunType;
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::executor::{CommandExt, RunType};
 use crate::terminal::print_separator;
-use crate::utils::{self, Check, PathExt};
+use crate::utils::{self, PathExt};
 use directories::BaseDirs;
-use failure::ResultExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
@@ -202,16 +201,10 @@ pub fn run_custom_command(name: &str, command: &str, run_type: RunType) -> Resul
 #[must_use]
 pub fn run_composer_update(base_dirs: &BaseDirs, run_type: RunType) -> Option<(&'static str, bool)> {
     if let Some(composer) = utils::which("composer") {
-        let composer_home = || -> Result<PathBuf, Error> {
-            let output = Command::new(&composer)
-                .args(&["global", "config", "--absolute", "home"])
-                .output()
-                .context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?;
-            output.status.check()?;
-            Ok(PathBuf::from(
-                &String::from_utf8(output.stdout).context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?,
-            ))
-        }();
+        let composer_home = Command::new(&composer)
+            .args(&["global", "config", "--absolute", "home"])
+            .check_output()
+            .map(PathBuf::from);
 
         if let Ok(composer_home) = composer_home {
             if composer_home.is_descendant_of(base_dirs.home_dir()) {
diff --git a/src/steps/git.rs b/src/steps/git.rs
index bd08adac..badf113b 100644
--- a/src/steps/git.rs
+++ b/src/steps/git.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::error::Error;
-use crate::executor::RunType;
+use crate::executor::{CommandExt, RunType};
 use crate::terminal::print_separator;
 use crate::utils::which;
 use log::{debug, error};
@@ -38,15 +38,10 @@ impl Git {
                     let output = Command::new(&git)
                         .args(&["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"])
                         .current_dir(path)
-                        .output();
-
-                    if let Ok(output) = output {
-                        if !output.status.success() {
-                            return None;
-                        }
-
-                        return Some(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string());
-                    }
+                        .check_output()
+                        .ok()
+                        .map(|output| output.trim().to_string());
+                    return output;
                 }
             }
             Err(e) => match e.kind() {
diff --git a/src/steps/node.rs b/src/steps/node.rs
index be98b559..b2f6e702 100644
--- a/src/steps/node.rs
+++ b/src/steps/node.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use crate::error::{Error, ErrorKind};
-use crate::executor::RunType;
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::executor::{CommandExt, RunType};
 use crate::terminal::print_separator;
-use crate::utils::{which, Check, PathExt};
+use crate::utils::{which, PathExt};
 use directories::BaseDirs;
-use failure::ResultExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
@@ -17,16 +16,10 @@ impl NPM {
     }
 
     fn root(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, Error> {
-        let output = Command::new(&self.command)
+        Command::new(&self.command)
             .args(&["root", "-g"])
-            .output()
-            .context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?;
-
-        output.status.check()?;
-
-        Ok(PathBuf::from(
-            &String::from_utf8(output.stdout).context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?,
-        ))
+            .check_output()
+            .map(PathBuf::from)
     }
 
     fn upgrade(&self, run_type: RunType) -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/src/steps/os/windows.rs b/src/steps/os/windows.rs
index 6a209656..d45f92ed 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/windows.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/windows.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-use crate::error::{Error, ErrorKind};
-use crate::executor::RunType;
+use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::executor::{CommandExt, RunType};
 use crate::terminal::print_separator;
-use crate::utils::{self, which, Check};
-use failure::ResultExt;
+use crate::utils::{self, which};
 use log::error;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
@@ -57,9 +56,7 @@ impl Powershell {
         || -> Result<(), Error> {
             Command::new(&powershell)
                 .args(&["-Command", &format!("Get-Command {}", command)])
-                .output()
-                .context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?
-                .check()?;
+                .check_output()?;
             Ok(())
         }()
         .is_ok()
@@ -67,16 +64,10 @@ impl Powershell {
 
     pub fn profile(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
         if let Some(powershell) = &self.path {
-            let result = || -> Result<PathBuf, Error> {
-                let output = Command::new(powershell)
-                    .args(&["-Command", "echo $profile"])
-                    .output()
-                    .context(ErrorKind::ProcessExecution)?;
-                output.status.check()?;
-                Ok(PathBuf::from(
-                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string(),
-                ))
-            }();
+            let result = Command::new(powershell)
+                .args(&["-Command", "echo $profile"])
+                .check_output()
+                .map(PathBuf::from);
 
             match result {
                 Err(e) => error!("Error getting Powershell profile: {}", e),