diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
index 8fa53c6f217..8bd6c352937 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
@@ -811,13 +811,13 @@ function executeNodeScript({ cwd, args }, data, source) {
     const child = spawn(
       process.execPath,
       [...args, '-e', source, '--', JSON.stringify(data)],
-      { stdio: 'inherit' }
+      { cwd, stdio: 'inherit' }
     );
 
     child.on('close', code => {
       if (code !== 0) {
         reject({
-          command: `${command} ${args.join(' ')}`,
+          command: `node ${args.join(' ')}`,
         });
         return;
       }
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
index 7c65344337e..8ec24967528 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ module.exports = function(
   originalDirectory,
   template
 ) {
-  const ownPackageName = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'))
-    .name;
   const ownPath = path.dirname(
     require.resolve(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'))
   );