diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fea20e43..4366a0b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ tests: test
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	@#php artisan database:create --reset
-	@vendor/bin/phpunit --verbose --debug
+	@vendor/bin/phpunit --verbose
 
 .PHONY: phpcs
 phpcs:
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
index aa99a9cc..066ed3e8 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ class CreateDatabase extends Command
      */
     protected function create_sqlite($dbkey)
     {
+        $dbPath = config($dbkey.'database');
+
+        // Skip if running in memory
+        if ($dbPath === ':memory:') {
+            return;
+        }
+
         $exec = 'sqlite3';
         if ($this->os->isWindowsLike()) {
             $exec = 'sqlite3.exe';
@@ -89,11 +96,11 @@ class CreateDatabase extends Command
             $this->runCommand($cmd);
         }
 
-        if (!file_exists(config($dbkey.'database'))) {
+        if (!file_exists($dbPath)) {
             $cmd = [
                 $exec,
-                config($dbkey.'database'),
-                '""',
+                $dbPath,
+                '".exit"',
             ];
 
             $this->runCommand($cmd);
diff --git a/app/Contracts/Command.php b/app/Contracts/Command.php
index df548fda..aa44de6d 100644
--- a/app/Contracts/Command.php
+++ b/app/Contracts/Command.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Contracts;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use function is_array;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 /**
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ abstract class Command extends \Illuminate\Console\Command
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param       $cmd
-     * @param bool  $return
-     * @param mixed $verbose
+     * @param array|string $cmd
+     * @param bool         $return
+     * @param mixed        $verbose
      *
      * @throws \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      * @throws \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\LogicException
@@ -93,16 +94,16 @@ abstract class Command extends \Illuminate\Console\Command
      */
     public function runCommand($cmd, $return = false, $verbose = true): string
     {
-        if (!\is_array($cmd)) {
-            $cmd = explode(' ', $cmd);
+        if (is_array($cmd)) {
+            $cmd = implode(' ', $cmd);
         }
 
         if ($verbose) {
-            $this->info('Running "'.implode(' ', $cmd).'"');
+            $this->info('Running '.$cmd);
         }
 
         $val = '';
-        $process = new Process($cmd);
+        $process = Process::fromShellCommandline($cmd);
         $process->run(function ($type, $buffer) use ($return, &$val) {
             if ($return) {
                 $val .= $buffer;