diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/WindowsByondInstaller.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/WindowsByondInstaller.cs
index c57ae5c352..eb249c99c7 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/WindowsByondInstaller.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/WindowsByondInstaller.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond
 						IProcess directXInstaller;
 						try
 						{
-							directXInstaller = processExecutor.LaunchProcess(IOManager.ConcatPath(rbdx, "DXSETUP.exe"), rbdx, "/silent", noShellExecute: true);
+							directXInstaller = processExecutor.LaunchProcess(
+								IOManager.ConcatPath(rbdx, "DXSETUP.exe"),
+								rbdx, "/silent",
+								noShellExecute: true);
 						}
 						catch (Exception e)
 						{
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Deployment/DreamMaker.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Deployment/DreamMaker.cs
index 8cceeb1dd4..7ac55b1dc9 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Deployment/DreamMaker.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Deployment/DreamMaker.cs
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Deployment
 						ADirectoryName)),
 				$"-clean {job.DmeName}.{DmeExtension}",
 				true,
+				true,
 				true);
 			int exitCode;
 			using (cancellationToken.Register(() => dm.Terminate()))
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs
index aef22ee773..d01de4bbc8 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Session
 					var noShellExecute = !platformIdentifier.IsWindows;
 
 					// launch dd
-					var process = processExecutor.LaunchProcess(byondLock.DreamDaemonPath, basePath, arguments, noShellExecute: noShellExecute);
+					var process = processExecutor.LaunchProcess(
+						byondLock.DreamDaemonPath,
+						basePath,
+						arguments,
+						noShellExecute: noShellExecute);
 					try
 					{
 						networkPromptReaper.RegisterProcess(process);
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/Configuration.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/Configuration.cs
index c2ce055042..27a335f896 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/Configuration.cs
@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.StaticFiles
 				var resolvedScriptsDir = ioManager.ResolvePath(EventScriptsSubdirectory);
 
 				foreach (var I in files.Select(x => ioManager.GetFileName(x)).Where(x => x.StartsWith(scriptName, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
-					using (var script = processExecutor.LaunchProcess(ioManager.ConcatPath(resolvedScriptsDir, I), resolvedScriptsDir, String.Join(' ', parameters), noShellExecute: true))
+					using (var script = processExecutor.LaunchProcess(
+						ioManager.ConcatPath(resolvedScriptsDir, I),
+						resolvedScriptsDir,
+						String.Join(' ', parameters),
+						noShellExecute: true))
 					using (cancellationToken.Register(() => script.Terminate()))
 					{
 						var exitCode = await script.Lifetime.ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/System/ProcessExecutor.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/System/ProcessExecutor.cs
index 79363f0fe7..0c323d3b23 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/System/ProcessExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/System/ProcessExecutor.cs
@@ -102,14 +102,23 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.System
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public IProcess LaunchProcess(string fileName, string workingDirectory, string arguments, bool readOutput, bool readError, bool noShellExecute)
+		public IProcess LaunchProcess(
+			string fileName,
+			string workingDirectory,
+			string arguments,
+			bool readOutput,
+			bool readError,
+			bool noShellExecute)
 		{
-			if (!noShellExecute && (readOutput || readError))
-			{
-				logger.LogWarning("CODE ERROR: Requesting output/error reading requires noShellExecute to be true! Setting it now...");
+			if (fileName == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileName));
+			if (workingDirectory == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(workingDirectory));
+			if (arguments == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(arguments));
 
-				noShellExecute = true;
-			}
+			if (!noShellExecute && (readOutput || readError))
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Requesting output/error reading requires noShellExecute to be true!");
 
 			logger.LogDebug("{3}aunching process in {0}: {1} {2}", workingDirectory, fileName, arguments, noShellExecute ? "L" : "Shell l");
 			var handle = new global::System.Diagnostics.Process();