diff --git a/milatools/datasets/torch.py b/milatools/datasets/torch.py
index 6d396d89..a910ff1d 100644
--- a/milatools/datasets/torch.py
+++ b/milatools/datasets/torch.py
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ def fetch_imagenet(local_directory=None):
         train_directory = os.path.join(dataset_home, "train")
         validation_directory = os.path.join(dataset_home, "val")
 
-        subprocess.run(f"mkdir -p {train_directory}/ {validation_directory}/")
-        subprocess.run(f"tar -xf /network/datasets/imagenet/ILSVRC2012_img_train.tar -C {train_directory}")
+        subprocess.run(f"mkdir -p {train_directory}/ {validation_directory}/", shell=True)
+        subprocess.run(f"tar -xf /network/datasets/imagenet/ILSVRC2012_img_train.tar -C {train_directory}", shell=True)
 
         p = subprocess.Popen(['cp', '-r', f'/network/datasets/imagenet.var/imagenet_torchvision/val {dataset_home}/'])
         subprocess.run(
-            'find ' + train_directory + ' -name "*.tar" | while read NAME ; do mkdir -p "${NAME%.tar}"; tar -xf "${NAME}" -C "${NAME%.tar}"; rm -f "${NAME}"; done', shell=True
-        )
+            'find ' + train_directory +
+            ' -name "*.tar" | while read NAME ; do mkdir -p "${NAME%.tar}"; tar -xf "${NAME}" -C "${NAME%.tar}"; rm -f "${NAME}"; done',
+            shell=True)
         p.wait()
         return train_directory, validation_directory
     else:
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ def __init__(self, local_directory: str = None, *dataset_args, **dataset_kwargs)
         if milatools.running_on_mila_cluster:
             local_directory = os.path.join(os.environ["SLURM_TMPDIR"], "MNIST")
             mnist_path = DATASET_PATH.format("mnist", "mnist")
-            subprocess.run(f"mkdir -p {local_directory}/")
-            subprocess.run(f"tar -xf {mnist_path} -C {mnist_path}")
+            subprocess.run("mkdir -p {local_directory}/", shell=True)
+            subprocess.run(f"tar -xf {mnist_path} -C {mnist_path}", shell=True)
         super().__init__(local_directory, *dataset_args, **dataset_kwargs)