diff --git a/bin/create-elm-app-cli.js b/bin/create-elm-app-cli.js
index ed4592c3..c698190f 100755
--- a/bin/create-elm-app-cli.js
+++ b/bin/create-elm-app-cli.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
 const version = require('../package.json').version;
-const elmPlatformVersion = require('elm/package.json').version;
+const elmVersion = require('elm/package.json').version;
 const commands = argv._;
 
 if (commands.length === 0) {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if (commands.length === 0) {
   console.log(
     'where <project-directory> is the name of the directory with your future project'
   );
-  console.log('\nElm Platform ' + elmPlatformVersion + '\n');
+  console.log('\nElm Platform ' + elmVersion + '\n');
   console.log(
     'create-elm-app@' + version + ' ' + path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
   );
diff --git a/bin/elm-app-cli.js b/bin/elm-app-cli.js
index 0356dabf..400c7064 100755
--- a/bin/elm-app-cli.js
+++ b/bin/elm-app-cli.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
-const executablePaths = require('elm/platform').executablePaths;
+const elmExecutable = path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/.bin/elm')
 const version = require('../package.json').version;
-const elmPlatformVersion = require('elm/package.json').version;
+const elmVersion = require('elm/package.json').version;
 
 const commands = argv._;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ switch (script) {
 
     args = args.concat([
       '--compiler',
-      path.normalize(executablePaths['elm-make'])
+      elmExecutable
     ]);
 
     const cp = spawn.sync(require.resolve('elm-test/bin/elm-test'), args, {
@@ -51,18 +51,15 @@ switch (script) {
     break;
   }
   case 'install': {
-    const executable = executablePaths['elm-package'];
-    spawn.sync(path.normalize(executable), process.argv.slice(2), {
+    spawn.sync(elmExecutable, process.argv.slice(2), {
       stdio: 'inherit'
     });
     break;
   }
   default:
     // Proxy elm-platform cli commands.
-    if (['package', 'reactor', 'make', 'repl'].indexOf(script) !== -1) {
-      const executable = executablePaths['elm-' + script];
-
-      spawn.sync(path.normalize(executable), process.argv.slice(3), {
+    if (['reactor', 'make', 'repl'].indexOf(script) !== -1) {
+      spawn.sync(elmExecutable, process.argv.slice(2), {
         stdio: 'inherit'
       });
       break;
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ function help(version) {
   console.log(
     '    create, build, start, install, test, eject, package, reactor, make, repl\n'
   );
-  console.log('\nElm ' + elmPlatformVersion + '\n');
+  console.log('\nElm ' + elmVersion + '\n');
   console.log(
     'create-elm-app@' + version + ' ' + path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
   );
diff --git a/config/paths.js b/config/paths.js
index 19f14173..4fb4a412 100644
--- a/config/paths.js
+++ b/config/paths.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = {
   entry: resolveApp('./src/index.js'),
   appBuild: resolveApp('./build'),
   elmJson: resolveApp('./elm.json'),
-  elm: require('elm/platform').executablePaths['elm'],
+  elm: path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/.bin/elm'),
   publicUrl: getPublicUrl(resolveApp('elm.json')),
   servedPath: getServedPath(resolveApp('elm.json'))
 };
diff --git a/scripts/create.js b/scripts/create.js
index 28891763..47a23324 100644
--- a/scripts/create.js
+++ b/scripts/create.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const chalk = require('chalk');
 const spawnSync = require('child_process').spawnSync;
 const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
 const commands = argv._;
-const executablePaths = require('elm/platform').executablePaths;
 
 if (commands.length === 0 || commands[0] === '') {
   console.error('\nUsage: elm-app create <project-directory>');
@@ -40,10 +39,10 @@ function createElmApp(name) {
 
   process.chdir(root);
 
-  // Run initial `elm-package install -y`
+  // Run initial `elm make`
   const spawnElmPkgResult = spawnSync(
-    executablePaths['elm-package'],
-    ['install', '-y'],
+    path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/.bin/elm'),
+    ['make', 'src/Main.elm'],
     { stdio: 'inherit' }
   );