diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/log/android/ADBLogcatPlugin.js b/detox/src/artifacts/log/android/ADBLogcatPlugin.js
index 8a2a1033b0..292dc19d76 100644
--- a/detox/src/artifacts/log/android/ADBLogcatPlugin.js
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/log/android/ADBLogcatPlugin.js
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ class ADBLogcatPlugin extends LogArtifactPlugin {
     this._devicePathBuilder = config.devicePathBuilder;
   }
 
-  async onLaunchApp({ pid }) {
+  async onLaunchApp(event) {
+    super.onLaunchApp(event);
+
     if (this.currentRecording) {
-      await this.currentRecording.start({ pid });
+      await this.currentRecording.start({ pid: event.pid });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/log/ios/SimulatorLogPlugin.js b/detox/src/artifacts/log/ios/SimulatorLogPlugin.js
index 4d4c316492..a4415ff560 100644
--- a/detox/src/artifacts/log/ios/SimulatorLogPlugin.js
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/log/ios/SimulatorLogPlugin.js
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ class SimulatorLogPlugin extends LogArtifactPlugin {
     this.appleSimUtils = config.appleSimUtils;
   }
 
-  async onShutdownDevice() {
+  async onShutdownDevice(event) {
+    await super.onShutdownDevice(event);
+
     if (this.currentRecording) {
       await this.currentRecording.stop();
     }
   }
 
-  async onLaunchApp() {
+  async onLaunchApp(event) {
+    await super.onLaunchApp(event);
+
     if (this.currentRecording) {
       await this.currentRecording.start();
     }
diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/screenshot/SimulatorScreenshotPlugin.js b/detox/src/artifacts/screenshot/SimulatorScreenshotPlugin.js
index d569cc04e8..9e91cace2e 100644
--- a/detox/src/artifacts/screenshot/SimulatorScreenshotPlugin.js
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/screenshot/SimulatorScreenshotPlugin.js
@@ -12,26 +12,28 @@ class SimulatorScreenshotter extends ScreenshotArtifactPlugin {
     this.appleSimUtils = config.appleSimUtils;
   }
 
-  async onBootDevice({ coldBoot, deviceId }) {
-    if (this.enabled && coldBoot) {
+  async onBootDevice(event) {
+    super.onBootDevice(event);
+
+    if (this.enabled && event.coldBoot) {
       // NOTE: the line below is supposed to prevent an error, which tends to occur
       // when you take a screenshot for the first time on iOS Simulator running
       // in a hidden window mode or on CI. This is why we don't write the screenshot
       // anywhere and ignore an error.
 
-      await this.appleSimUtils.takeScreenshot(deviceId, '/dev/null').catch(_.noop);
+      await this.appleSimUtils.takeScreenshot(event.deviceId, '/dev/null').catch(_.noop);
     }
   }
 
   createTestArtifact() {
-    const { api, appleSimUtils } = this;
+    const { context, appleSimUtils } = this;
     const temporaryFilePath = tempfile('.png');
 
     return new Artifact({
       name: 'SimulatorScreenshot',
 
       async start() {
-        await appleSimUtils.takeScreenshot(api.getDeviceId(), temporaryFilePath);
+        await appleSimUtils.takeScreenshot(context.deviceId, temporaryFilePath);
       },
 
       async save(artifactPath) {
diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/templates/plugin/__mocks__/ArtifactsApi.mock.js b/detox/src/artifacts/templates/plugin/__mocks__/ArtifactsApi.mock.js
index 9ef8a6d709..228d21fd43 100644
--- a/detox/src/artifacts/templates/plugin/__mocks__/ArtifactsApi.mock.js
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/templates/plugin/__mocks__/ArtifactsApi.mock.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 class ArtifactsApiMock {
   constructor() {
-    this.getDeviceId = jest.fn();
-    this.getBundleId = jest.fn();
-    this.getPid = jest.fn();
     this.preparePathForArtifact = jest.fn();
     this.trackArtifact = jest.fn();
     this.untrackArtifact = jest.fn();
diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/video/SimulatorRecordVideoPlugin.js b/detox/src/artifacts/video/SimulatorRecordVideoPlugin.js
index e844c11532..9eb66711b9 100644
--- a/detox/src/artifacts/video/SimulatorRecordVideoPlugin.js
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/video/SimulatorRecordVideoPlugin.js
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ class SimulatorRecordVideoPlugin extends VideoArtifactPlugin {
   }
 
   createTestRecording() {
-    const { api, appleSimUtils } = this;
+    const { context, appleSimUtils } = this;
     const temporaryFilePath = tempfile('.mp4');
     let processPromise = null;
 
     return new Artifact({
       name: 'SimulatorVideoRecording',
       start: async () => {
-        processPromise = appleSimUtils.recordVideo(api.getDeviceId(), temporaryFilePath);
+        processPromise = appleSimUtils.recordVideo(context.deviceId, temporaryFilePath);
       },
       stop: async () => {
         if (processPromise) {
diff --git a/detox/src/utils/exec.js b/detox/src/utils/exec.js
index e896962cc2..94e3449339 100644
--- a/detox/src/utils/exec.js
+++ b/detox/src/utils/exec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
-const DetoxRuntimeError = require('../errors/DetoxRuntimeError');
-const execLogger = require('../utils/logger').child({ __filename });
-const retry = require('../utils/retry');
 const {exec, spawn} = require('child-process-promise');
+const execLogger = require('./logger').child({ __filename });
+const retry = require('./retry');
+const { escape } = require('./pipeCommands');
+const DetoxRuntimeError = require('../errors/DetoxRuntimeError');
 
 let _operationCounter = 0;
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ function _composeCommand(bin, options) {
 
 function spawnAndLog(command, flags, options) {
   const trackingId = _operationCounter++;
-  const cmd = [command, ...flags].join(' ');
+  const cmd = _joinCommandAndFlags(command, flags);
   const log = execLogger.child({ fn: 'spawnAndLog', cmd, trackingId });
 
   const result = spawn(command, flags, {stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'], detached: true, ...options});
@@ -118,6 +119,16 @@ function spawnAndLog(command, flags, options) {
   return result;
 }
 
+function _joinCommandAndFlags(command, flags) {
+  let result = command;
+
+  for (const flag of flags.map(String)) {
+    result += ' ' + (flag.indexOf(' ') === -1 ? flag : `"${escape.inQuotedString(flag)}"`);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   execWithRetriesAndLogs,
   spawnAndLog