diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2805aa..f301bde 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,4 +52,7 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 .idea/sonarlint/
 
 # Editor-based Rest Client
-.idea/httpRequests
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/httpRequests
+
+# Local Properties
+local.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 8e43730..982b093 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@
   <component name="PDMPlugin">
     <option name="customRuleSets">
       <list>
-        <option value="K:\java\semver\config\pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/config/pmd.xml" />
       </list>
     </option>
+    <option name="options">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="Statistics URL" value="" />
+        <entry key="Target JDK" value="17" />
+      </map>
+    </option>
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea52dab..b9220a4 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ constitute a failure.
 ```java
 @BuildCommand
 public void startServer() throws Exception {
+    final List<String> cmds;
+    if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("windows")) {
+        cmds = List.of("cmd", "/c", "stop.bat");
+    } else {
+        cmds = List.of("./stop.sh");
+    }
     new ExecOperation()
             .fromProject(this)
-            .command("cmd", "/c", "stop.bat")
+            .command(cmds)
             .fail(ExecFail.STDERR)
             .execute();
 }
@@ -61,7 +67,7 @@ public void startServer() throws Exception {
     new ExecOperation()
             .fromProject(this)
             .command("touch", "foo.txt")
-            .workDir("/tmp")
+            .workDir(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
             .execute();
 }
 ```
diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index 1039e40..c60ff7e 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         </properties>
     </rule>
 
-
     <!-- CODE STYLE -->
     <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml">
         <exclude name="AtLeastOneConstructor"/>
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperation.java
index cb78a5d..232c29b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperation.java
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ public class ExecOperation extends AbstractOperation<ExecOperation> {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configures the command and arguments to be executed.
+     *
+     * @see #command(String...)
+     */
+    public ExecOperation command(List<String> args) {
+        args_.addAll(args);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes the command.
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationTest.java
index 9a01a69..1310726 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import rife.bld.WebProject;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 
 class ExecOperationTest {
     private static final String FOO = "foo";
+    private static final String HELLO = "Hello";
 
     @Test
     void testAll() {
@@ -55,6 +57,16 @@ class ExecOperationTest {
         assertThat(tmpFile).exists();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testCommandList() {
+        assertThatCode(() ->
+                new ExecOperation()
+                        .fromProject(new BaseProject())
+                        .command(List.of("logger", "-s", HELLO))
+                        .fail(ExecFail.STDERR)
+                        .execute()).message().startsWith("STDERR -> ").endsWith(HELLO);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testException() {
         assertThatCode(() ->
@@ -100,9 +112,9 @@ class ExecOperationTest {
         assertThatCode(() ->
                 new ExecOperation()
                         .fromProject(new BaseProject())
-                        .command("logger", "-s", "Hello")
+                        .command("logger", "-s", HELLO)
                         .fail(ExecFail.STDERR)
-                        .execute()).message().startsWith("STDERR -> ").endsWith("Hello");
+                        .execute()).message().startsWith("STDERR -> ").endsWith(HELLO);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -110,7 +122,7 @@ class ExecOperationTest {
         assertThatCode(() ->
                 new ExecOperation()
                         .fromProject(new BaseProject())
-                        .command("echo", "Hello")
+                        .command("echo", HELLO)
                         .fail(ExecFail.STDOUT)
                         .execute()).message().isEqualTo("STDOUT -> Hello");
     }