diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/PostUpdate.php b/app/Console/Commands/PostUpdate.php
index 011c224bc072..113d59a77a9a 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/PostUpdate.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/PostUpdate.php
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ use App\Jobs\Util\VersionCheck;
 use Composer\Console\Application;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\BufferedOutput;
 
 class PostUpdate extends Command
 {
@@ -55,22 +53,10 @@ class PostUpdate extends Command
 
         info("finished migrating");
 
-        try {
-            putenv('COMPOSER_HOME=' . __DIR__ . '/vendor/bin/composer');
-
-            $input = new ArrayInput(['command' => 'install', '--no-dev' => 'true']);
-            $application = new Application();
-            $application->setAutoExit(false);
-            $output = new BufferedOutput();
-            $application->run($input, $output);
-        }catch(\Exception $e) {
-            info("i wasn't able to compser install");
-            info(print_r($e->getMessage(),1));
-        }
+        exec('vendor/bin/composer install --no-dev:');
 
         info("finished running composer install ");
 
-        info(print_r($output->fetch(), 1));
 
         try {
             Artisan::call('optimize');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
index fbf1366286ba..f1285a538c77 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ class SelfUpdateController extends BaseController
         }
         info('Are there any changes to pull? '.$repo->hasChanges());
 
-        Artisan::call('ninja:post-update');
+        dispatch(function (){
+            
+            Artisan::call('ninja:post-update');
+
+        });
 
         return response()->json(['message' => ''], 200);
     }