diff --git a/src/dlangide.d b/src/dlangide.d
index f9bd162..cf9338d 100644
--- a/src/dlangide.d
+++ b/src/dlangide.d
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
     // open home screen tab
     frame.showHomeScreen();
     // for testing: load workspace at startup
-    //frame.loadWorkspace(appendPath(exePath, "../workspaces/sample1/sample1.dlangidews"));
+    frame.openFileOrWorkspace(appendPath(exePath, "../workspaces/sample1/sample1.dlangidews"));
 
     // show window
     window.show();
diff --git a/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d b/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d
index 93ee318..979d023 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/builders/builder.d
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 module dlangide.builders.builder;
 
+import dlangui.core.logger;
 import dlangide.workspace.project;
 import dlangide.ui.outputpanel;
 import dlangide.builders.extprocess;
 import dlangui.widgets.appframe;
 import std.algorithm;
+import core.thread;
 import std.string;
 import std.conv;
 
@@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ class Builder : BackgroundOperationWatcher {
     /// update background operation status
     override void update() {
         scope(exit)pollText();
-        if (_extprocess.state == ExternalProcessState.None) {
+        ExternalProcessState state = _extprocess.state;
+        if (state == ExternalProcessState.None) {
             _box.writeText("Running dub\n"d);
             char[] program = "dub".dup;
             char[][] params;
@@ -44,8 +47,8 @@ class Builder : BackgroundOperationWatcher {
             params ~= "build".dup;
             params ~= "-v".dup;
             params ~= "--force".dup;
-            _extprocess.run(program, params, dir, _box, null);
-            if (_extprocess.state != ExternalProcessState.Running) {
+            state = _extprocess.run(program, params, dir, _box, null);
+            if (state != ExternalProcessState.Running) {
                 _box.writeText("Failed to run builder tool\n"d);
                 _finished = true;
                 destroy(_extprocess);
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ class Builder : BackgroundOperationWatcher {
                 return;
             }
         }
-        ExternalProcessState state = _extprocess.poll();
+        state = _extprocess.poll();
         if (state == ExternalProcessState.Stopped) {
             _box.writeText("Builder finished with result "d ~ to!dstring(_extprocess.result) ~ "\n"d);
             _finished = true;
diff --git a/src/dlangide/builders/extprocess.d b/src/dlangide/builders/extprocess.d
index bf3821d..4cccd2d 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/builders/extprocess.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/builders/extprocess.d
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module dlangide.builders.extprocess;
 import dlangui.core.logger;
 
 import std.process;
-import std.file;
+import std.stdio;
 import std.utf;
 import std.stdio;
 import core.thread;
@@ -249,12 +249,12 @@ class ExternalProcess {
         params ~= _program;
         params ~= _args;
         if (!_stderr)
-            redirect = Redirect.stdin | Redirect.stderrToStdout;
+            redirect = Redirect.stdout | Redirect.stdin | Redirect.stderrToStdout;
         else
             redirect = Redirect.all;
         Log.i("Trying to run program ", _program, " with args ", _args);
         try {
-            _pipes = pipeProcess(params, redirect, _env, Config.none, _workDir);
+            _pipes = pipeProcess(params, redirect, _env, Config.suppressConsole, _workDir);
             _state = ExternalProcessState.Running;
             // start readers
             _stdoutReader = new BackgroundReader(_pipes.stdout, _stdout);
@@ -272,12 +272,25 @@ class ExternalProcess {
     }
 
     protected void waitForReadingCompletion() {
-        if (_stdoutReader && !_stdoutReader.finished)
-            _stdoutReader.join(false);
-        if (_stderrReader && !_stderrReader.finished)
-            _stderrReader.join(false);
-        _stdoutReader = null;
-        _stderrReader = null;
+        try {
+		    _pipes.stdin.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.e("Cannot close stdin for ", _program, " ", e);
+        }
+        try {
+            if (_stdoutReader && !_stdoutReader.finished)
+                _stdoutReader.join(false);
+            _stdoutReader = null;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.e("Exception while waiting for stdout reading completion for ", _program, " ", e);
+        }
+        try {
+            if (_stderrReader && !_stderrReader.finished)
+                _stderrReader.join(false);
+            _stderrReader = null;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.e("Exception while waiting for stderr reading completion for ", _program, " ", e);
+        }
     }
 
     /// polls all available output from process streams
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d b/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d
index 5e99610..b6fb531 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ class OutputPanel : DockWindow {
     void addLogLines(string category, dstring[] msg...) {
         _logWidget.appendLines(msg);
     }
+
+	void clear(string category = null) {
+		_logWidget.text = ""d;
+	}
 }