diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index c58ad85..58c9d72 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+# 2.7.2
+
+* Fixed an issue when Atom has become unresponsive (issue [#2444](https://github.com/platformio/platformio-atom-ide/issues/2444))
+
 ## 2.7.1 (2020-06-14)
 
 * Fixed an error "ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '~/.platformio/homestate.json'"
@@ -160,8 +164,8 @@
 ## 2.0.0 (2018-01-23)
 
 * PlatformIO Home
-  - PIO Account  
-  - Library Manager   
+  - PIO Account
+  - Library Manager
   - Board Explorer
   - Platform Manager
 * New PlatformIO IDE Installer
diff --git a/lib/installer/python-prompt.js b/lib/installer/python-prompt.js
index 868c54c..f047429 100644
--- a/lib/installer/python-prompt.js
+++ b/lib/installer/python-prompt.js
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import * as pioNodeHelpers from 'platformio-node-helpers';
+import * as config from '../config';
 import * as utils from '../utils';
 
+import fs from 'fs-plus';
+import path from 'path';
+
 
 export default class PythonPrompt {
 
@@ -19,15 +22,14 @@ export default class PythonPrompt {
   STATUS_CUSTOMEXE = 2;
 
   async prompt() {
-    let pythonExecutable = null;
     const selectedItem = atom.confirm({
-      message: 'PlatformIO: Can not find Python 2.7 Interpreter',
+      message: 'PlatformIO: Can not find Python 3.5+ Interpreter',
       detailedMessage: 'PlatformIO Core is written in Python and depends on it. ' +
-        'Please install Python 2.7 (PYTHON 3 IS NOT SUPPORTED YET) or ' +
-        'if you have it, please choose a directory where "python/python.exe" program is located.',
+        'Please install Python 3.5+ or ' +
+        'if you have it, please choose a directory where "python3/python.exe" program is located.',
       buttons: [
-        'Install Python 2.7',
-        'I have Python 2.7',
+        'Install Python 3',
+        'I have Python 3',
         'Try again',
         'Abort PlatformIO IDE Installation'
       ]
@@ -39,15 +41,14 @@ export default class PythonPrompt {
         return { status: this.STATUS_TRY_AGAIN };
 
       case 1:
-        pythonExecutable = await pioNodeHelpers.misc.getPythonExecutable(
-          atom.config.get('platformio-ide.useBuiltinPIOCore'),
-          await this.chooseCustomPythonDirs()
-        );
-        if (pythonExecutable) {
-          return {
-            status: this.STATUS_CUSTOMEXE,
-            pythonExecutable
-          };
+        for (const d in (await this.chooseCustomPythonDirs() || [])) {
+          const pythonExecutable = path.join(d, config.IS_WINDOWS ? 'python.exe' : 'python3');
+          if (fs.isFileSync(pythonExecutable)) {
+            return {
+              status: this.STATUS_CUSTOMEXE,
+              pythonExecutable
+            };
+          }
         }
         return { status: this.STATUS_TRY_AGAIN };
 
diff --git a/lib/installer/stages/code-completion-engine.js b/lib/installer/stages/code-completion-engine.js
index 7e06929..4e8a78e 100644
--- a/lib/installer/stages/code-completion-engine.js
+++ b/lib/installer/stages/code-completion-engine.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default class CodeCompletionEngineStage extends BaseStage {
 
   async clangInstalled() {
     return new Promise(resolve => {
-      pioNodeHelpers.misc.runCommand('clang', ['--version'], code => resolve(code === 0));
+      pioNodeHelpers.proc.runCommand('clang', ['--version'], code => resolve(code === 0));
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/services/build.js b/lib/services/build.js
index 3112f22..cab54c8 100644
--- a/lib/services/build.js
+++ b/lib/services/build.js
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import { getTerminalViews, runCmdsInTerminal } from './terminal';
 
 import { TERMINAL_REOPEN_DELAY } from '../config';
 import { debugProject } from './debugger';
-import { isPIOProject } from '../utils';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import { isPIOProject } from '../utils';
 
 export default class BuildProvider {
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default class BuildProvider {
 
   async settings() {
     const pt = new pioNodeHelpers.project.ProjectTasks(this.projectDir, 'atom');
-    return (await pt.getGenericTasks())
+    return (await pt.getGeneralTasks())
       .filter(task => !(task.coreTarget === 'upload' && task.args.includes('monitor')))
       .map(task => {
         if (task.coreTarget === 'debug') {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 5946cce..dfc56de 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function runAPMCommand(args, callback, options = {}) {
   if (options.busyTitle) {
     beginBusy(options.busyTitle);
   }
-  pioNodeHelpers.misc.runCommand(
+  pioNodeHelpers.proc.runCommand(
     atom.packages.getApmPath(),
     ['--no-color', ...args],
     (code, stdout, stderr) => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39e7c9f..288ca8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "command-join": "^3.0.0",
     "etch": "^0.14.0",
     "fs-plus": "^3.0.1",
-    "platformio-node-helpers": "~7.0.1",
+    "platformio-node-helpers": "~7.2.0",
     "semver": "^6.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {