diff --git a/bin/generate-android-snapshot b/bin/generate-android-snapshot
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/install-ns-webpack b/bin/install-ns-webpack
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/ns-bundle b/bin/ns-bundle
index a5e4962d..d9ea61fb 100755
--- a/bin/ns-bundle
+++ b/bin/ns-bundle
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ const { existsSync } = require("fs");
 
 const semver = require("semver");
 
-const { getPackageJson } = require("../projectHelpers");
+const { getPackageJson, getProjectDir } = require("../projectHelpers");
 
-const PROJECT_DIR = pathResolve(__dirname, "../../../");
+const PROJECT_DIR = getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
 const packageJson = getPackageJson(PROJECT_DIR);
 
 if (!process.env.npm_config_argv) {
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ function webpack(platform, env) {
         console.log(`Running webpack for ${platform}...`);
 
         const args = [
-            `webpack`,
+            `node`,
+            `--preserve-symlinks`,
+            `./node_modules/.bin/webpack`,
             `--config=webpack.config.js`,
             `--progress`,
             `--env.${platform}`,
diff --git a/bin/ns-verify-bundle b/bin/ns-verify-bundle
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 695767c4..7197f987
--- a/bin/ns-verify-bundle
+++ b/bin/ns-verify-bundle
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 
-const PROJECT_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../");
+const { getProjectDir } = require("../projectHelpers");
+
+const PROJECT_DIR = getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
 const APP_ID = require(path.resolve(PROJECT_DIR, "./package.json")).nativescript.id;
 const APP_NAME = APP_ID.substring(APP_ID.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
 const PROJECT_PATHS = {
diff --git a/bin/remove-ns-webpack b/bin/remove-ns-webpack
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/update-ns-webpack b/bin/update-ns-webpack
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e5971284..57c8427b
--- a/bin/update-ns-webpack
+++ b/bin/update-ns-webpack
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 const { resolve } = require("path");
 
-const { getPackageJson, writePackageJson } = require("../projectHelpers");
+const { getPackageJson, getProjectDir, writePackageJson } = require("../projectHelpers");
 const { forceUpdateProjectDeps } = require("../dependencyManager");
 const { editExistingProjectFiles } = require("../projectFilesManager");
 
-const PROJECT_DIR = resolve(__dirname, "../../../");
+const PROJECT_DIR = getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
+const packageJson = getPackageJson(PROJECT_DIR);
 
 console.info("Updating dev dependencies...");
-const packageJson = getPackageJson(PROJECT_DIR);
+
 const { deps } = forceUpdateProjectDeps(packageJson);
 packageJson.devDependencies = deps;
 writePackageJson(packageJson, PROJECT_DIR);
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 298d1414..62d1ed5c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const { existsSync } = require("fs");
 
-const { getPackageJson, isAngular } = require("./projectHelpers");
+const { getPackageJson, getProjectDir, isAngular } = require("./projectHelpers");
 
-const PROJECT_DIR = path.dirname(path.dirname(__dirname));
+const PROJECT_DIR = getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
 const APP_DIR = path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "app");
 
 Object.assign(exports, require('./plugins'));
diff --git a/installer.js b/installer.js
index 043c616e..1dc53159 100644
--- a/installer.js
+++ b/installer.js
@@ -6,25 +6,7 @@ const projectFilesManager = require("./projectFilesManager");
 const npmScriptsManager = require("./npmScriptsManager");
 const dependencyManager = require("./dependencyManager");
 
-// INIT_CWD is available since npm 5.4
-const initCwd = process.env.INIT_CWD;
-const shouldUseInitCwd = () => {
-    if (!initCwd) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    const installedPackage = path.resolve(initCwd, "node_modules", "nativescript-dev-webpack");
-    if (!fs.existsSync(installedPackage)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    const stat = fs.lstatSync(installedPackage);
-    return stat.isSymbolicLink();
-};
-
-const PROJECT_DIR = shouldUseInitCwd() ?
-    initCwd :
-    path.dirname(path.dirname(__dirname));
+const PROJECT_DIR = helpers.getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
 const APP_DIR = path.resolve(PROJECT_DIR, "app");
 
 function install() {
diff --git a/projectHelpers.js b/projectHelpers.js
index 9cd6c4ba..37268f0a 100644
--- a/projectHelpers.js
+++ b/projectHelpers.js
@@ -30,11 +30,36 @@ const writePackageJson = (content, projectDir) => {
     fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(content, null, 2))
 }
 
+const getProjectDir = ({ nestingLvl } = { nestingLvl: 0 }) => {
+    // INIT_CWD is available since npm 5.4
+    const initCwd = process.env.INIT_CWD;
+    const shouldUseInitCwd = (() => {
+        if (!initCwd) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const installedPackage = path.resolve(initCwd, "node_modules", "nativescript-dev-webpack");
+        if (!fs.existsSync(installedPackage)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const stat = fs.lstatSync(installedPackage);
+        return stat.isSymbolicLink();
+    })();
+
+    return shouldUseInitCwd ?
+        initCwd :
+        Array
+            .from(Array(nestingLvl))
+            .reduce(dir => path.dirname(dir), __dirname);
+};
+
 const getPackageJsonPath = projectDir => path.resolve(projectDir, "package.json");
 
 module.exports = {
     isTypeScript,
     isAngular,
-    getPackageJson,
     writePackageJson,
+    getPackageJson,
+    getProjectDir,
 };