diff --git a/internals/scripts/CheckNodeEnv.js b/internals/scripts/CheckNodeEnv.js
index 62bda0c8..a06be612 100644
--- a/internals/scripts/CheckNodeEnv.js
+++ b/internals/scripts/CheckNodeEnv.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export default function CheckNodeEnv(expectedEnv: string) {
   }
 
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== expectedEnv) {
-    console.log(chalk.whiteBright.bgRed.bold(`"process.env.NODE_ENV" must be "${expectedEnv}" to use this webpack config`))
-    process.exit(2)
+    throw new Error(chalk.whiteBright.bgRed.bold(`"process.env.NODE_ENV" must be "${expectedEnv}" to use this webpack config`))
   }
 }
diff --git a/webpack.config.renderer.dev.js b/webpack.config.renderer.dev.js
index aa943d21..41478af6 100644
--- a/webpack.config.renderer.dev.js
+++ b/webpack.config.renderer.dev.js
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import webpack from 'webpack'
-import chalk from 'chalk'
 import merge from 'webpack-merge'
 import { spawn, execSync } from 'child_process'
 import ExtractTextPlugin from 'extract-text-webpack-plugin'
 import baseConfig from './webpack.config.base'
 import CheckNodeEnv from './internals/scripts/CheckNodeEnv'
+import { mainLog } from './app/utils/log'
 
 CheckNodeEnv('development')
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const manifest = path.resolve(dll, 'renderer.json')
  * Warn if the DLL is not built
  */
 if (!(fs.existsSync(dll) && fs.existsSync(manifest))) {
-  console.log(chalk.black.bgYellow.bold('The DLL files are missing. Sit back while we build them for you with "npm run build-dll"'))
+  mainLog.info('The DLL files are missing. Sit back while we build them for you with "npm run build-dll"')
   execSync('npm run build-dll')
 }
 
@@ -264,14 +264,13 @@ export default merge.smart(baseConfig, {
     },
     before() {
       if (process.env.START_HOT) {
-        console.log('Starting Main Process...')
         spawn(
           'npm',
           ['run', 'start-main-dev'],
           { shell: true, env: process.env, stdio: 'inherit' }
         )
           .on('close', code => process.exit(code))
-          .on('error', spawnError => console.error(spawnError))
+          .on('error', spawnError => mainLog.error(spawnError))
       }
     }
   },