diff --git a/dev.cmd b/dev.cmd
index 1f97e203fc..f483fb1925 100644
--- a/dev.cmd
+++ b/dev.cmd
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ goto caseUsage
 
 :caseStart
     call "%0" stop
-    echo "################################ Starting services"
+    call echo "################################ Starting services"
     call forever start forever.json
     call forever list
-    call nginx -c "%nginxConf%" -p "%nginxPrefix%"
-    call cd @salix
-    call gulp
+    call start /b nginx -c "%nginxConf%" -p "%nginxPrefix%"
+    cd @salix
+    gulp
     goto caseExit
 
 :caseStop
     echo "################################ Stoping services"
-    call forever stopall
-    call nginx -c "%nginxConf%" -p "%nginxPrefix%" -s stop
+    forever stopall
+    nginx -c "%nginxConf%" -p "%nginxPrefix%" -s stop
     goto caseExit
 
 :caseUsage