diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 853ef1e..0ef977e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@
 [submodule "src/ui/impl/webview/lib/webviewpp"]
 	path = src/ui/impl/webview/lib/webviewpp
 	url = https://github.com/Soundux/webviewpp
+[submodule "lib/tiny-process-library"]
+	path = lib/tiny-process-library
+	url = https://gitlab.com/eidheim/tiny-process-library/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09d523e..1da0520 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(src/ui/impl/webview/lib/webviewpp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(lib/nativefiledialog-extended EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(lib/tiny-process-library EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(lib/InstanceGuard/Source EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-target_link_libraries(soundux PUBLIC webview nfd InstanceGuard)
+target_link_libraries(soundux PUBLIC webview nfd InstanceGuard tiny-process-library)
 
 # [[ Build Frontend ]]
 if (MSVC)
diff --git a/lib/tiny-process-library b/lib/tiny-process-library
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..15e4f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tiny-process-library
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 15e4f77f8254e4b093f6be128db50fe4b6bee120
diff --git a/src/helper/misc/misc.cpp b/src/helper/misc/misc.cpp
index 4257d24..96f6af8 100644
--- a/src/helper/misc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/helper/misc/misc.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include "misc.hpp"
-#include <array>
 #include <fancy.hpp>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <optional>
+#include <process.hpp>
 #include <regex>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ namespace Soundux::Helpers
         }
         return result;
     }
+    bool exec(const std::string &command, std::string &result)
+    {
+        result.clear();
+        TinyProcessLib::Process process(
+            command, "", [&](const char *data, std::size_t dataLen) { result += std::string(data, dataLen); });
+
+        return process.get_exit_status() == 0;
+    }
 #if defined(_WIN32)
     std::wstring widen(const std::string &s)
     {
@@ -38,23 +46,6 @@ namespace Soundux::Helpers
     }
 #endif
 #if defined(__linux__)
-    bool exec(const std::string &command, std::string &result)
-    {
-        result.clear();
-
-        std::array<char, 128> buffer;
-        auto *pipe = popen(command.c_str(), "r");
-        if (!pipe)
-        {
-            throw std::runtime_error("popen failed");
-        }
-        while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe) != nullptr)
-        {
-            result += buffer.data();
-        }
-
-        return pclose(pipe) == 0;
-    }
     std::optional<int> getPpid(int pid)
     {
         std::filesystem::path path("/proc/" + std::to_string(pid));
diff --git a/src/helper/misc/misc.hpp b/src/helper/misc/misc.hpp
index 65110f2..86f7d9c 100644
--- a/src/helper/misc/misc.hpp
+++ b/src/helper/misc/misc.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <functional>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ namespace Soundux
 #endif
 #if defined(__linux__)
         std::optional<int> getPpid(int pid);
-        bool exec(const std::string &command, std::string &result);
 #endif
+        bool exec(const std::string &command, std::string &result);
         std::vector<std::string> splitByNewLine(const std::string &str);
     } // namespace Helpers
 } // namespace Soundux
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