diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 26dab7cd..3a50c9b3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ inputs:
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
+  env:
+    npm_config_registry: http://localhost:4873
+    YARN_REGISTRY: http://localhost:4873
   steps:
     - name: Derive appropriate SHAs for base and head for `nx affected` commands
       uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
diff --git a/e2e/nx-ktor-e2e/tests/create-nx-ktor.spec.ts b/e2e/nx-ktor-e2e/tests/create-nx-ktor.spec.ts
index 734ce05d..0aa46d1d 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-ktor-e2e/tests/create-nx-ktor.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-ktor-e2e/tests/create-nx-ktor.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('create-nx-ktor', () => {
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     // Cleanup the test project
-    projectDirectory && projectDirectory && rmSync(projectDirectory, {
+    projectDirectory && rmSync(projectDirectory, {
       recursive: true,
       force: true,
     });
diff --git a/e2e/smoke/tests/smoke.test.ts b/e2e/smoke/tests/smoke.test.ts
index 6a4dffdd..588a009a 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke/tests/smoke.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/smoke/tests/smoke.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+import { getPackageManagerCommand } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { createTestProject, isLocalNxMatchingLatestFeatureVersion, runNxCommand} from '@nxrocks/common/testing';
-import { execSync, ExecSyncOptions } from 'child_process';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { rmSync } from 'fs-extra';
 
 process.env.NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"; // to avoid oom error during the tests
 
 let projectDirectory: string;
 
-const execSyncOptions: (cwd?:string) => ExecSyncOptions = (cwd:string = projectDirectory) => ({
+const execSyncOptions: (cwd?:string) => { silenceError?: boolean; env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; cwd?: string } = (cwd:string = projectDirectory) => ({
   cwd: cwd,
   env: {
     ...process.env,
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ const execSyncOptions: (cwd?:string) => ExecSyncOptions = (cwd:string = projectD
     GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: 'Smoke Test CI',
     GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: 'no-reply@fake.com',
   },
-  stdio: 'inherit',
+  silentError: 'false',
 });
 
 const bootapp = 'bootapp';
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ describe('nxrocks smoke tests', () => {
   });
 
   it.each`
-  pkgManager  | runCommand     | addCommand     | workspaceVersion | pluginVersion
-  ${'npm'}    | ${'npx'}       | ${'npm i'}     | ${'latest'}      | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}  
-  ${'yarn'}   | ${'yarn'}      | ${'yarn add'}  | ${'latest'}      | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}  
-  ${'pnpm'}   | ${'pnpm exec'} | ${'pnpm add'}  | ${'latest'}      | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}  
-  ${'npm'}    | ${'npx'}       | ${'npm i'}     | ${'local'}       | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}     
-  ${'yarn'}   | ${'yarn'}      | ${'yarn add'}  | ${'local'}       | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}     
-  ${'pnpm'}   | ${'pnpm exec'} | ${'pnpm add'}  | ${'local'}       | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}     
-`(`should sucessfully run using '$workspaceVersion' Nx workspace, $pluginVersion plugins version and $pkgManager package manager`, async ({pkgManager, runCommand, addCommand, workspaceVersion, pluginVersion }) => {
+  pkgManager | workspaceVersion | pluginVersion
+  ${'npm'}   | ${'latest'}      | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}  
+  ${'yarn'}  | ${'latest'}      | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}  
+  ${'pnpm'}  | ${'latest'}      | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}  
+  ${'npm'}   | ${'local'}       | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}     
+  ${'yarn'}  | ${'local'}       | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}     
+  ${'pnpm'}  | ${'local'}       | ${'0.0.0-e2e'}     
+`(`should sucessfully run using '$workspaceVersion' Nx workspace, $pluginVersion plugins version and $pkgManager package manager`, async ({pkgManager, workspaceVersion, pluginVersion }) => {
 
     if(!process.env.CI && !process.env.FORCE_SMOKE_TESTS) {
       console.log('Skipping smoke test because not running on CI and FORCE_SMOKE_TESTS is not set');
@@ -75,72 +76,72 @@ describe('nxrocks smoke tests', () => {
       `@nxrocks/nx-ktor@${pluginVersion}`,
     ].join(' ');
 
-    execSync(`${addCommand} ${pluginPkgs}`, execSyncOptions(projectDirectory));
+    execSync(`${getPackageManagerCommand(pkgManager).addDev} ${pluginPkgs}`, execSyncOptions(projectDirectory));
 
       
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-spring-boot:new ${bootapp} --skip-format=false --projectType application --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-spring-boot:new ${bootlib} --skip-format=false --projectType library --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
 
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-quarkus:new ${quarkusapp} --skip-format=false --projectType application --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-quarkus:new ${quarkuslib} --skip-format=false --projectType library --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
     
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-micronaut:new ${mnApp} --skip-format=false --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
 
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-melos:init --scriptNameSeparator=-`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
     
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-ktor:new ${krApp} --skip-format=false --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
 
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-flutter:new ${flutterapp} --template app --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
     runNxCommand(
       `generate @nxrocks/nx-flutter:new ${flutterlib} --template plugin --no-interactive`,
-      runCommand,
+      pkgManager,
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
 
     execSync(`git add -A`, execSyncOptions());
     execSync(`git commit -am "chore: scaffold projects"`, execSyncOptions());
 
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${bootapp}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${bootlib}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${quarkusapp}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${quarkuslib}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${mnApp}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`melos-bootstrap`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${flutterapp}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${flutterlib}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
-    runNxCommand(`clean ${krApp}`, runCommand, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${bootapp}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${bootlib}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${quarkusapp}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${quarkuslib}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${mnApp}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`melos-bootstrap`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${flutterapp}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${flutterlib}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
+    runNxCommand(`clean ${krApp}`, pkgManager, execSyncOptions());
 
 
     expect(true).toBeTruthy();
diff --git a/packages/common/testing/e2e/index.ts b/packages/common/testing/e2e/index.ts
index 9b42ad33..ebf9c983 100644
--- a/packages/common/testing/e2e/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/testing/e2e/index.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ export function createTestProject(pkgManager: PackageManager = 'npm', projectNam
 
   const nxVersion = workspaceVersion === 'local' ? readLocalNxWorkspaceVersion() : 'latest';
 
+  const confirm = pkgManager === 'npm' ? ' --yes' : '';
   execSync(
-    `${getPackageManagerCommand(pkgManager).dlx} --yes create-nx-workspace@${nxVersion} ${projectName} --preset apps --nxCloud=skip --no-interactive --pm ${pkgManager}`,
+    `${getPackageManagerCommand(pkgManager).dlx}${confirm} create-nx-workspace@${nxVersion} ${projectName} --preset apps --nxCloud=skip --no-interactive --pm ${pkgManager}`,
     {
       cwd: dirname(projectDirectory),
       stdio: 'inherit',
@@ -142,13 +143,14 @@ export function runCommandAsync(
  */
 export function runNxCommandAsync(
   command: string,
+  pkgManager?: PackageManager,
   opts: { silenceError?: boolean; env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; cwd?: string } = {
     silenceError: false,
   }
 ): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
   const cwd = opts.cwd ?? tmpProjPath();
   if (fileExists(tmpProjPath('package.json'))) {
-    const pmc = getPackageManagerCommand(detectPackageManager(cwd));
+    const pmc = getPackageManagerCommand(pkgManager || detectPackageManager(cwd));
     return runCommandAsync(`${pmc.exec} nx ${command}`, opts);
   } else if (process.platform === 'win32') {
     return runCommandAsync(`./nx.bat %${command}`, opts);
@@ -157,6 +159,23 @@ export function runNxCommandAsync(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Run a nx command synchronously inside the e2e directory
+ * @param command
+ * @param opts
+ */
+export async function runNxCommand(
+  command: string,
+  pkgManager?: PackageManager,
+  opts: { silenceError?: boolean; env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; cwd?: string } = {
+    silenceError: false,
+  }
+): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; }> {
+
+  return await runNxCommandAsync(command,pkgManager, opts);
+
+}
+
 export function readJson<T extends object = any>(path: string, options?: JsonParseOptions): T {
   return parseJson<T>(readFile(path), options);
 }