diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f986ab8..38a9a6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Will result in:
     baseURL: 'http://localhost:3333',
   },
   webServer: {
-    command: 'stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open',
+    command: 'npx stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open',
     url: 'http://localhost:3333/ping',
     reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
     // Only timeout gets overridden, not the entire object
diff --git a/src/create-config.ts b/src/create-config.ts
index 3d9104b..ca205fc 100644
--- a/src/create-config.ts
+++ b/src/create-config.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const createConfig = async (
         baseURL,
       },
       webServer: {
-        command: 'stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open --testing',
+        command: 'npx stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open --testing',
         url: webServerUrl,
         reuseExistingServer: !!!process.env.CI,
         // Max time to wait for dev server to start before aborting, defaults to 60000 (60 seconds)
diff --git a/src/test/create-config.spec.ts b/src/test/create-config.spec.ts
index d1b2cf8..cf4472e 100644
--- a/src/test/create-config.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/create-config.spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('createConfig', () => {
         baseURL: 'http://localhost:3333',
       },
       webServer: {
-        command: 'stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open --testing',
+        command: 'npx stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open --testing',
         cwd: undefined,
         url: 'http://localhost:3333/ping',
         reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('createConfig', () => {
         baseURL: 'http://localhost:3333',
       },
       webServer: {
-        command: 'stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open --testing',
+        command: 'npx stencil build --dev --watch --serve --no-open --testing',
         cwd: undefined,
         url: 'http://localhost:3333/ping',
         reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,