diff --git a/meta.js b/meta.js
index 1e0b798e20..4371faac45 100644
--- a/meta.js
+++ b/meta.js
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path')
+const fs = require('fs')
 const {
   sortDependencies,
   installDependencies,
   runLintFix,
-  printMessage
+  printMessage,
 } = require('./utils')
 
 module.exports = {
   helpers: {
-    if_or: function (v1, v2, options) {
+    if_or: function(v1, v2, options) {
       if (v1 || v2) {
-        return options.fn(this);
+        return options.fn(this)
       }
 
-      return options.inverse(this);
-    }
+      return options.inverse(this)
+    },
   },
   prompts: {
     name: {
       type: 'string',
       required: true,
-      message: 'Project name'
+      message: 'Project name',
     },
     description: {
       type: 'string',
       required: false,
       message: 'Project description',
-      default: 'A Vue.js project'
+      default: 'A Vue.js project',
     },
     author: {
       type: 'string',
-      message: 'Author'
+      message: 'Author',
     },
     build: {
       type: 'list',
@@ -40,22 +40,23 @@ module.exports = {
         {
           name: 'Runtime + Compiler: recommended for most users',
           value: 'standalone',
-          short: 'standalone'
+          short: 'standalone',
         },
         {
-          name: 'Runtime-only: about 6KB lighter min+gzip, but templates (or any Vue-specific HTML) are ONLY allowed in .vue files - render functions are required elsewhere',
+          name:
+            'Runtime-only: about 6KB lighter min+gzip, but templates (or any Vue-specific HTML) are ONLY allowed in .vue files - render functions are required elsewhere',
           value: 'runtime',
-          short: 'runtime'
-        }
-      ]
+          short: 'runtime',
+        },
+      ],
     },
     router: {
       type: 'confirm',
-      message: 'Install vue-router?'
+      message: 'Install vue-router?',
     },
     lint: {
       type: 'confirm',
-      message: 'Use ESLint to lint your code?'
+      message: 'Use ESLint to lint your code?',
     },
     lintConfig: {
       when: 'lint',
@@ -65,23 +66,23 @@ module.exports = {
         {
           name: 'Standard (https://github.com/standard/standard)',
           value: 'standard',
-          short: 'Standard'
+          short: 'Standard',
         },
         {
           name: 'Airbnb (https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)',
           value: 'airbnb',
-          short: 'Airbnb'
+          short: 'Airbnb',
         },
         {
           name: 'none (configure it yourself)',
           value: 'none',
-          short: 'none'
-        }
-      ]
+          short: 'none',
+        },
+      ],
     },
     unit: {
       type: 'confirm',
-      message: 'Set up unit tests'
+      message: 'Set up unit tests',
     },
     runner: {
       when: 'unit',
@@ -91,45 +92,46 @@ module.exports = {
         {
           name: 'Jest',
           value: 'jest',
-          short: 'jest'
+          short: 'jest',
         },
         {
           name: 'Karma and Mocha',
           value: 'karma',
-          short: 'karma'
+          short: 'karma',
         },
         {
           name: 'none (configure it yourself)',
           value: 'noTest',
-          short: 'noTest'
-        }
-      ]
+          short: 'noTest',
+        },
+      ],
     },
     e2e: {
       type: 'confirm',
-      message: 'Setup e2e tests with Nightwatch?'
+      message: 'Setup e2e tests with Nightwatch?',
     },
     autoInstall: {
       type: 'list',
-      message: 'Should we run `npm install` for you after the project has been created? (recommended)',
+      message:
+        'Should we run `npm install` for you after the project has been created? (recommended)',
       choices: [
         {
           name: 'Yes, use NPM',
           value: 'npm',
-          short: 'npm'
+          short: 'npm',
         },
         {
           name: 'Yes, use Yarn',
           value: 'yarn',
-          short: 'yarn'
+          short: 'yarn',
         },
         {
           name: 'No, I will handle that myself',
           value: false,
-          short: 'no'
-        }
-      ]
-    }
+          short: 'no',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   },
   filters: {
     '.eslintrc.js': 'lint',
@@ -143,27 +145,28 @@ module.exports = {
     'test/unit/specs/index.js': "unit && runner === 'karma'",
     'test/unit/setup.js': "unit && runner === 'jest'",
     'test/e2e/**/*': 'e2e',
-    'src/router/**/*': 'router'
+    'src/router/**/*': 'router',
   },
-  'complete': function (data, { chalk }) {
-    
+  complete: function(data, { chalk }) {
     const green = chalk.green
 
     sortDependencies(data, green)
 
     const cwd = path.join(process.cwd(), data.inPlace ? '' : data.destDirName)
-    
+
     if (data.autoInstall) {
       installDependencies(cwd, data.autoInstall, green)
-      .then(() => {
-        return runLintFix(cwd, data, green)
-      })
-      .then(() => {
-        printMessage(data, green)
-      })
+        .then(() => {
+          return runLintFix(cwd, data, green)
+        })
+        .then(() => {
+          printMessage(data, green)
+        })
+        .catch(e => {
+          console.log(chalk.red('Error:'), e)
+        })
     } else {
       printMessage(data, chalk)
     }
-    
-  }
-};
+  },
+}
diff --git a/template/test/e2e/custom-assertions/elementCount.js b/template/test/e2e/custom-assertions/elementCount.js
index c0d5fe00af..818e602091 100644
--- a/template/test/e2e/custom-assertions/elementCount.js
+++ b/template/test/e2e/custom-assertions/elementCount.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 // A custom Nightwatch assertion.
-// the name of the method is the filename.
-// can be used in tests like this:
+// The assertion name is the filename.
+// Example usage:
 //
 //   browser.assert.elementCount(selector, count)
 //
-// for how to write custom assertions see
+// For more information on custom assertions see:
 // http://nightwatchjs.org/guide#writing-custom-assertions
+
 exports.assertion = function (selector, count) {
   this.message = 'Testing if element <' + selector + '> has count: ' + count
   this.expected = count
diff --git a/utils/index.js b/utils/index.js
index 268cd5c714..a3de77c687 100644
--- a/utils/index.js
+++ b/utils/index.js
@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@ const lintStyles = ['standard', 'airbnb']
  */
 exports.sortDependencies = function sortDependencies(data) {
   const packageJsonFile = path.join(
-    data.inPlace ? "" : data.destDirName,
-    "package.json"
+    data.inPlace ? '' : data.destDirName,
+    'package.json'
   )
   const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonFile))
   packageJson.devDependencies = sortObject(packageJson.devDependencies)
   packageJson.dependencies = sortObject(packageJson.dependencies)
-  fs.writeFileSync(
-    packageJsonFile,
-    JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2) + "\n"
-  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonFile, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2) + '\n')
 }
 
 /**
@@ -28,11 +25,15 @@ exports.sortDependencies = function sortDependencies(data) {
  * @param {string} cwd Path of the created project directory
  * @param {object} data Data from questionnaire
  */
-exports.installDependencies = function installDependencies(cwd, executable = 'npm', color) {
+exports.installDependencies = function installDependencies(
+  cwd,
+  executable = 'npm',
+  color
+) {
   console.log(`\n\n# ${color('Installing project dependencies ...')}`)
   console.log('# ========================\n')
   return runCommand(executable, ['install'], {
-    cwd
+    cwd,
   })
 }
 
@@ -43,10 +44,18 @@ exports.installDependencies = function installDependencies(cwd, executable = 'np
  */
 exports.runLintFix = function runLintFix(cwd, data, color) {
   if (data.lint && lintStyles.indexOf(data.lintConfig) !== -1) {
-    console.log(`\n\n${color('Running eslint --fix to comply with chosen preset rules...')}`)
+    console.log(
+      `\n\n${color(
+        'Running eslint --fix to comply with chosen preset rules...'
+      )}`
+    )
     console.log('# ========================\n')
-    return runCommand('npm', ['run', 'lint', '--', '--fix'], {
-      cwd
+    const args =
+      data.autoInstall === 'npm'
+        ? ['run', 'lint', '--', '--fix']
+        : ['run', 'lint', '--fix']
+    return runCommand(data.autoInstall, args, {
+      cwd,
     })
   }
   return Promise.resolve()
@@ -63,7 +72,11 @@ exports.printMessage = function printMessage(data, { green, yellow }) {
 
 To get started:
 
-  ${yellow(`${data.inPlace ? '' : `cd ${data.destDirName}\n  `}${requiresLint(data) ? 'npm run lint -- --fix\n  ' : ''}npm run dev`)}
+  ${yellow(
+    `${data.inPlace ? '' : `cd ${data.destDirName}\n  `}${installMsg(
+      data
+    )}${lintMsg(data)}npm run dev`
+  )}
   
 Documentation can be found at https://vuejs-templates.github.io/webpack
 `
@@ -71,27 +84,48 @@ Documentation can be found at https://vuejs-templates.github.io/webpack
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns true if the user will have to run lint --fix themselves.
+ * If the user will have to run lint --fix themselves, it returns a string
+ * containing the instruction for this step.
  * @param {Object} data Data from questionnaire.
  */
-function requiresLint(data) {
-  return !data.autoInstall && data.lint && lintStyles.indexOf(data.lintConfig) !== -1
+function lintMsg(data) {
+  return !data.autoInstall &&
+    data.lint &&
+    lintStyles.indexOf(data.lintConfig) !== -1
+    ? 'npm run lint -- --fix (or for yarn: yarn run lint --fix)\n  '
+    : ''
+}
+
+/**
+ * If the user will have to run `npm install` or `yarn` themselves, it returns a string
+ * containing the instruction for this step.
+ * @param {Object} data Data from the questionnaire
+ */
+function installMsg(data) {
+  return !data.autoInstall ? 'npm install (or if using yarn: yarn)\n  ' : ''
 }
 
 /**
  * Spawns a child process and runs the specified command
  * By default, runs in the CWD and inherits stdio
  * Options are the same as node's child_process.spawn
- * @param {string} cmd 
- * @param {array<string>} args 
+ * @param {string} cmd
+ * @param {array<string>} args
  * @param {object} options
  */
 function runCommand(cmd, args, options) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const spwan = spawn(cmd, args, Object.assign({
-      cwd: process.cwd(),
-      stdio: 'inherit',
-    }, options))
+    const spwan = spawn(
+      cmd,
+      args,
+      Object.assign(
+        {
+          cwd: process.cwd(),
+          stdio: 'inherit',
+        },
+        options
+      )
+    )
 
     spwan.on('exit', () => {
       resolve()
@@ -101,9 +135,11 @@ function runCommand(cmd, args, options) {
 
 function sortObject(object) {
   // Based on https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/blob/v1.3.2/src/config.js#L79-L85
-  const sortedObject = {};
-  Object.keys(object).sort().forEach(item => {
-    sortedObject[item] = object[item];
-  });
-  return sortedObject;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  const sortedObject = {}
+  Object.keys(object)
+    .sort()
+    .forEach(item => {
+      sortedObject[item] = object[item]
+    })
+  return sortedObject
+}