diff --git a/scripts/publish_latest_tag_to_npm.ts b/scripts/publish_latest_tag_to_npm.ts
index fd20591..c932a0f 100644
--- a/scripts/publish_latest_tag_to_npm.ts
+++ b/scripts/publish_latest_tag_to_npm.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-import { colors, gt, parse, Spinner } from "./script_deps.ts";
+import { colors, delay, gt, parse } from "./script_deps.ts";
 import { run } from "./run.ts";
 
 const PACKAGE_NAME = `@vippsmobilepay/sdk`;
 
-const spinnerTags = new Spinner({ message: `Fetching latest tags...` });
-spinnerTags.start();
-await run(`git fetch --tags`);
-spinnerTags.stop();
+await run(`git fetch --tags`, `Fetching latest tags...`, true);
 
 // Finding latest tagged commit across branches
 const latestTaggedCommit = await run(`git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`);
@@ -18,12 +15,10 @@ const latestTagName = await run(`git describe --tags ${trimmedCommit}`);
 const trimmedTag = latestTagName.trim();
 console.log(colors.gray(`Latest tag name: ${trimmedTag}`));
 
-const spinnerNpm = new Spinner({
-  message: `Fetching latest published npm version...`,
-});
-spinnerNpm.start();
-const latestNpmVersion = await run(`npm show ${PACKAGE_NAME} version`);
-spinnerNpm.stop();
+const latestNpmVersion = await run(
+  `npm view ${PACKAGE_NAME} version`,
+  `Fetching latest published npm version...`,
+);
 console.log(colors.gray(`Latest npm version: ${latestNpmVersion}`));
 
 try {
@@ -54,12 +49,10 @@ if (build?.toLowerCase().trim() !== "y") {
   Deno.exit(0);
 }
 
-const spinnerBuild = new Spinner({ message: `Building...` });
-spinnerBuild.start();
 const buildOutput = await run(
   `${Deno.execPath()} run -A scripts/build_npm.ts ${trimmedTag}`,
+  `Building...`,
 );
-spinnerBuild.stop();
 console.log(buildOutput);
 
 const publish = prompt(
@@ -72,18 +65,15 @@ if (publish?.toLowerCase().trim() !== "y") {
   Deno.exit(0);
 }
 
-const spinnerPublish = new Spinner({ message: `Publishing...` });
-spinnerPublish.start();
 // Igonre npm errors since we are checking for them later
-await run(`npm publish ./npm --access public`, true);
-spinnerPublish.stop();
+await run(`npm publish ./npm --access public`, `Publishing...`, true);
 
-const spinnerNewNpm = new Spinner({
-  message: `Checking new published npm package...`,
-});
-spinnerNewNpm.start();
-const newNpmVersion = await run(`npm show ${PACKAGE_NAME} version`);
-spinnerNewNpm.stop();
+const newNpmVersion = await run(
+  `npm view ${PACKAGE_NAME} version`,
+  `Checking new published npm package...`,
+);
+// Wait for npm to update
+await delay(4000);
 
 if (newNpmVersion.trim() !== trimmedTag) {
   console.log(
diff --git a/scripts/run.ts b/scripts/run.ts
index 7663655..cf04c39 100644
--- a/scripts/run.ts
+++ b/scripts/run.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,48 @@
+import { Spinner } from "./script_deps.ts";
+
+type CommandResult = {
+  ok: true;
+  output: string;
+} | {
+  ok: false;
+  error: string;
+};
+
 const getCommandOutput = async (
   command: Deno.Command,
   ignoreErrors = false,
-) => {
+): Promise<CommandResult> => {
   const { code, stdout, stderr } = await command.output();
   const error = new TextDecoder().decode(stderr);
   if ((code || error) && !ignoreErrors) {
-    console.error(error);
-    Deno.exit(1);
+    return { ok: false, error: error || "Unknown error" };
   }
   const output = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout);
-  return output;
+  return { ok: true, output };
 };
 
 // The command might terminate the program.
-export const run = async (command: string, ignoreErrors = false) => {
+export const run = async (
+  command: string,
+  spinnerMessage?: string,
+  ignoreErrors = false,
+) => {
+  const spinner = spinnerMessage
+    ? new Spinner({ message: spinnerMessage })
+    : undefined;
+  if (spinner) spinner.start();
+
   const words = command.split(" ");
   const cmd = words[0];
   const args = words.slice(1);
   const denoCmd = new Deno.Command(cmd, { args });
 
-  const output = await getCommandOutput(denoCmd, ignoreErrors);
-  return output;
+  const result = await getCommandOutput(denoCmd, ignoreErrors);
+  if (spinner) spinner.stop();
+
+  if (!result.ok) {
+    console.error(result.error);
+    Deno.exit(1);
+  }
+  return result.output;
 };
diff --git a/scripts/script_deps.ts b/scripts/script_deps.ts
index f7c836d..df688a9 100644
--- a/scripts/script_deps.ts
+++ b/scripts/script_deps.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export { gt, parse } from "https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/semver/mod.ts";
 export { Spinner } from "https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/cli/mod.ts";
 export * as colors from "https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/fmt/colors.ts";
+export { delay } from "https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/async/delay.ts";
 
 export { build, emptyDir } from "https://deno.land/x/dnt@0.39.0/mod.ts";