diff --git a/src/providers/base_javascript.js b/src/providers/base_javascript.js
index 9a767c10..50eb38c5 100644
--- a/src/providers/base_javascript.js
+++ b/src/providers/base_javascript.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs'
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from 'node:path'
 
-import { getCustomPath, invokeCommand, toPurl, toPurlFromString } from "../tools.js";
+import { getCustom, getCustomPath, invokeCommand, toPurl, toPurlFromString } from "../tools.js";
 import Sbom from '../sbom.js'
 import Manifest from './manifest.js';
 
@@ -314,10 +314,56 @@ export default class Base_javascript {
 			if(!opts.cwd) {
 				opts.cwd = path.dirname(this.#manifest.manifestPath);
 			}
-			return invokeCommand(this.#cmd, args, opts);
+
+			// Add version manager paths for JavaScript package managers
+			if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+				const versionManagerPaths = [];
+
+				// Add fnm path if available
+				const fnmDir = getCustom('FNM_DIR', null, opts);
+				if (fnmDir) {
+					versionManagerPaths.push(`${fnmDir}/current/bin`);
+				}
+
+				// Add nvm path if available
+				const nvmDir = getCustom('NVM_DIR', null, opts);
+				if (nvmDir) {
+					versionManagerPaths.push(`${nvmDir}/current/bin`);
+				}
+
+				// Add local node_modules/.bin path
+				const localBinPath = path.join(opts.cwd, 'node_modules', '.bin');
+				if (fs.existsSync(localBinPath)) {
+					versionManagerPaths.push(localBinPath);
+				}
+
+				if (versionManagerPaths.length > 0) {
+					opts = {
+						...opts,
+						env: {
+							...opts.env,
+							PATH: `${versionManagerPaths.join(path.delimiter)}${path.delimiter}${process.env.PATH}`
+						}
+					};
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Try to find the command in the following order:
+			// 1. Custom path from environment/opts (via getCustomPath)
+			// 2. Local node_modules/.bin
+			// 3. Global installation
+			let cmd = this.#cmd;
+			if (!fs.existsSync(cmd)) {
+				const localCmd = path.join(opts.cwd, 'node_modules', '.bin', this._cmdName());
+				if (fs.existsSync(localCmd)) {
+					cmd = localCmd;
+				}
+			}
+
+			return invokeCommand(cmd, args, opts);
 		} catch (error) {
 			if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-				throw new Error(`${this.#cmd} is not accessible.`);
+				throw new Error(`${this.#cmd} is not accessible. Please ensure it is installed via npm, corepack, or your version manager.`);
 			}
 			if (error.code === 'EACCES') {
 				throw new Error(`Permission denied when executing ${this.#cmd}. Please check file permissions.`);
diff --git a/src/tools.js b/src/tools.js
index 207223f7..e6a77bb6 100644
--- a/src/tools.js
+++ b/src/tools.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { EOL } from "os";
-import os from 'os';
 import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
 import { PackageURL } from "packageurl-js";
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ export function environmentVariableIsPopulated(envVariableName) {
 }
 
 /**
- *
+ * Utility function for handling spaces in paths on Windows
  * @param {string} path - path to be checked if contains spaces
  * @return {string} a path with all spaces escaped or manipulated so it will be able to be part
  *                  of commands that will be invoked without errors in os' shell.
@@ -83,16 +82,8 @@ export function environmentVariableIsPopulated(envVariableName) {
 export function handleSpacesInPath(path) {
 	let transformedPath = path
 	// if operating system is windows
-	if (os.platform() === "win32") {
-		if(hasSpaces(path)) {
-			transformedPath = `"${path}"`
-		}
-	}
-	// linux, darwin..
-	else {
-		if(hasSpaces(path)) {
-			transformedPath = path.replaceAll(" ", "\\ ")
-		}
+	if(hasSpaces(path)) {
+		transformedPath = `"${path}"`
 	}
 	return transformedPath
 }
@@ -165,5 +156,20 @@ export function invokeCommand(bin, args, opts={}) {
 		bin = handleSpacesInPath(bin)
 	}
 
+	opts = {
+		...opts,
+		env: {
+			...process.env,
+			PATH: process.env.PATH
+		}
+	};
+
+
+	// Add maxBuffer option to handle large outputs
+	opts = {
+		...opts,
+		maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024 // 10MB buffer
+	};
+
 	return execFileSync(bin, args, {...{stdio: 'pipe', encoding: 'utf-8'}, ...opts})
 }
diff --git a/test/tools.test.js b/test/tools.test.js
index b6088d57..119131c6 100644
--- a/test/tools.test.js
+++ b/test/tools.test.js
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ suite('testing the various tools and utility functions', () => {
 
 		test('Windows Path with spaces', async () => {
 			const tools = await mockToolsPartial("win32")
-
 			let path = "c:\\users\\john doe\\pom.xml"
 			let expectedPath = "\"c:\\users\\john doe\\pom.xml\""
 			let actualPath = tools.handleSpacesInPath(path)
@@ -83,22 +82,6 @@ suite('testing the various tools and utility functions', () => {
 			expect(actualPath).to.equal(expectedPath)
 		})
 
-		test('Linux Path with spaces', async () => {
-			const tools = await mockToolsPartial("linux")
-			let path = "/usr/john doe/pom.xml"
-			let expectedPath = "/usr/john\\ doe/pom.xml"
-			let actualPath = tools.handleSpacesInPath(path)
-			expect(actualPath).to.equal(expectedPath)
-		})
-
-		test('Linux Path with no spaces', async () => {
-			const tools = await mockToolsPartial("linux")
-			let path = "/usr/john/pom.xml"
-			let expectedPath = "/usr/john/pom.xml"
-			let actualPath = tools.handleSpacesInPath(path)
-			expect(actualPath).to.equal(expectedPath)
-		})
-
 	})