diff --git a/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-shell-environment.injectable.ts b/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-shell-environment.injectable.ts
index e3a60fcd03..8307f1f319 100644
--- a/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-shell-environment.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-shell-environment.injectable.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import type { AsyncResult } from "../../../common/utils/async-result";
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import isWindowsInjectable from "../../../common/vars/is-windows.injectable";
-import { disposer } from "../../../common/utils";
+import { disposer, hasTypedProperty, isString } from "../../../common/utils";
 import computeUnixShellEnvironmentInjectable from "./compute-unix-shell-environment.injectable";
 
 export type EnvironmentVariables = Partial<Record<string, string>>;
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ const computeShellEnvironmentInjectable = getInjectable({
           };
         }
 
+        if (error && hasTypedProperty(error, "stderr", isString)) {
+          return {
+            callWasSuccessful: false,
+            error: `${error}:\n${error.stderr}`,
+          };
+        }
+
         return {
           callWasSuccessful: false,
           error: String(error),
diff --git a/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-unix-shell-environment.injectable.ts b/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-unix-shell-environment.injectable.ts
index 90108f7029..e1be5d7948 100644
--- a/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-unix-shell-environment.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/utils/shell-env/compute-unix-shell-environment.injectable.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import getBasenameOfPathInjectable from "../../../common/path/get-basename.injectable";
 import spawnInjectable from "../../child-process/spawn.injectable";
 import randomUUIDInjectable from "../../crypto/random-uuid.injectable";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
 
 export interface UnixShellEnvOptions {
   signal: AbortSignal;
@@ -14,19 +15,33 @@ export interface UnixShellEnvOptions {
 
 export type ComputeUnixShellEnvironment = (shell: string, opts: UnixShellEnvOptions) => Promise<EnvironmentVariables>;
 
+const getResetProcessEnv = (src: Partial<Record<string, string>>, names: string[]): ((target: Partial<Record<string, string>>) => void) => {
+  const pairs = names.map(name => ([name, src[name]] as const));
+
+  return (target) => {
+    for (const [name, orginalValue] of pairs) {
+      if (orginalValue) {
+        target[name] = orginalValue;
+      } else {
+        delete target[name];
+      }
+    }
+  };
+};
+
 const computeUnixShellEnvironmentInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "compute-unix-shell-environment",
   instantiate: (di): ComputeUnixShellEnvironment => {
     const powerShellName = /^pwsh(-preview)?$/;
-    const nonBashLikeShellName = /^t?csh$/;
+    const cshLikeShellName = /^(t?csh)$/;
+    const fishLikeShellName = /^fish$/;
 
     const getBasenameOfPath = di.inject(getBasenameOfPathInjectable);
     const spawn = di.inject(spawnInjectable);
+    const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectable);
     const randomUUID = di.inject(randomUUIDInjectable);
 
-    const getShellSpecifices = (shellPath: string, mark: string) => {
-      const shellName = getBasenameOfPath(shellPath);
-
+    const getShellSpecifices = (shellName: string, mark: string) => {
       if (powerShellName.test(shellName)) {
         // Older versions of PowerShell removes double quotes sometimes so we use "double single quotes" which is how
         // you escape single quotes inside of a single quoted string.
@@ -38,66 +53,80 @@ const computeUnixShellEnvironmentInjectable = getInjectable({
 
       return {
         command: `'${process.execPath}' -p '"${mark}" + JSON.stringify(process.env) + "${mark}"'`,
-        shellArgs: nonBashLikeShellName.test(shellName)
-          // tcsh and csh don't support any other options when providing the -l (login) shell option
+        shellArgs: cshLikeShellName.test(shellName) || fishLikeShellName.test(shellName)
+          // Some shells don't support any other options when providing the -l (login) shell option
           ? ["-l"]
           // zsh (at least, maybe others) don't load RC files when in non-interactive mode, even when using -l (login) option
           : ["-li"],
       };
     };
 
+
     return async (shellPath, opts) => {
-      const runAsNode = process.env["ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE"];
-      const noAttach = process.env["ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE"];
+      const resetEnvPairs = getResetProcessEnv(process.env, [
+        "ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE",
+        "ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE",
+        "TERM",
+      ]);
       const env = {
         ...process.env,
         ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: "1",
         ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE: "1",
+        TERM: "screen-256color-bce", // required for fish
       };
       const mark = randomUUID().replace(/-/g, "");
       const regex = new RegExp(`${mark}(\\{.*\\})${mark}`);
       const { command, shellArgs } = getShellSpecifices(shellPath, mark);
 
+      logger.info(`[UNIX-SHELL-ENV]: running against ${shellPath}`, { command, shellArgs });
+
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const shellName = getBasenameOfPath(shellPath);
+        const isFishShellLike = fishLikeShellName.test(shellName);
+
+        if (isFishShellLike) {
+          shellArgs.push("-c", command);
+        }
+
         const shellProcess = spawn(shellPath, shellArgs, {
-          detached: true,
           signal: opts.signal,
           env,
         });
         const stdout: Buffer[] = [];
+        const stderr: Buffer[] = [];
 
         shellProcess.stdout.on("data", b => stdout.push(b));
+        shellProcess.stderr.on("data", b => stderr.push(b));
 
         shellProcess.on("error", (err) => reject(err));
         shellProcess.on("close", (code, signal) => {
           if (code || signal) {
-            return reject(new Error(`Unexpected return code from spawned shell (code: ${code}, signal: ${signal})`));
+            return reject(Object.assign(new Error(`Unexpected return code from spawned shell (code: ${code}, signal: ${signal})`), {
+              stderr: Buffer.concat(stderr).toString("utf-8"),
+            }));
           }
 
           try {
             const rawOutput = Buffer.concat(stdout).toString("utf-8");
+
+            logger.info(`[UNIX-SHELL-ENV]: got the following output`, { rawOutput });
+
             const match = regex.exec(rawOutput);
             const strippedRawOutput = match ? match[1] : "{}";
             const resolvedEnv = JSON.parse(strippedRawOutput);
 
-            if (runAsNode) {
-              resolvedEnv["ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE"] = runAsNode;
-            } else {
-              delete resolvedEnv["ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE"];
-            }
-
-            if (noAttach) {
-              resolvedEnv["ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE"] = noAttach;
-            } else {
-              delete resolvedEnv["ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE"];
-            }
-
+            resetEnvPairs(resolvedEnv);
             resolve(resolvedEnv);
           } catch (err) {
             reject(err);
           }
         });
-        shellProcess.stdin.end(command);
+
+        if (isFishShellLike) {
+          shellProcess.stdin.end();
+        } else {
+          shellProcess.stdin.end(command);
+        }
       });
     };
   },