diff --git a/tooling/cli/node/main.js b/tooling/cli/node/main.js
index b3156ed09..0d3ffd5b7 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/node/main.js
+++ b/tooling/cli/node/main.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ const { run, logError } = require('./index')
 
 module.exports.run = (args, binName) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    run(args, binName, res => {
-      if (res instanceof Error) {
-        reject(res)
+    run(args, binName, (error, res) => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error)
       } else {
         resolve(res)
       }
diff --git a/tooling/cli/node/src/lib.rs b/tooling/cli/node/src/lib.rs
index 213dd84c4..0660986a7 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub fn run(args: Vec<String>, bin_name: Option<String>, callback: JsFunction) ->
   let function: ThreadsafeFunction<bool, ErrorStrategy::CalleeHandled> = callback
     .create_threadsafe_function(0, |ctx| ctx.env.get_boolean(ctx.value).map(|v| vec![v]))?;
 
-  // we need to run in a separate thread so Node.js (e.g. vue-cli-plugin-tauri) consumers
+  // we need to run in a separate thread so Node.js consumers
   // can do work while `tauri dev` is running.
   std::thread::spawn(move || match tauri_cli::try_run(args, bin_name) {
     Ok(_) => function.call(Ok(true), ThreadsafeFunctionCallMode::Blocking),
diff --git a/tooling/cli/node/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js b/tooling/cli/node/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js
index 61d1ca681..abd00241b 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/node/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js
+++ b/tooling/cli/node/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 const fixtureSetup = require('../fixtures/app-test-setup.js')
 const { resolve } = require('path')
-const { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs')
+const { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } = require('fs')
 const { move } = require('fs-extra')
 const cli = require('~/main.js')
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ describe('[CLI] @tauri-apps/cli template', () => {
 
     const outExists = existsSync(outPath)
     if (outExists) {
+      if (existsSync(cacheOutPath)) {
+        rmSync(cacheOutPath, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      }
       await move(outPath, cacheOutPath)
     }