diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/commands/workflow/run.ts b/packages/scripts/src/commands/workflow/run.ts
index 85233f480d..afb972e2f3 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/commands/workflow/run.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/commands/workflow/run.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class WorkflowRunnerClass {
     if (workflow.options) {
       this.activeWorkflowOptions = {
         ...this.activeWorkflowOptions,
-        ...this.parseWorkflowOptions(workflow.options),
+        ...this.parseWorkflowOptions(workflow.options, args),
       };
     }
     return this.executeWorkflow(workflow, workflowArgs);
@@ -119,21 +119,30 @@ export class WorkflowRunnerClass {
   /**
    * Generate a child commander instance that can dynamically parse options as defined
    * within a workflow
+   * @param options list of arg options to use in the workflow, e.g. {flag: 's, --skip-download'}
+   * @param args string array to be evaluated from options, e.g. ['--skip-download'] => {skipDownload: true}
    */
-  private parseWorkflowOptions(options: IWorkflow["options"] = []) {
+  private parseWorkflowOptions(options: IWorkflow["options"] = [], args: string[]) {
     let parsedOptions: { [name: string]: string | boolean } = {};
     const subProgram = new Command().allowUnknownOption();
+    // create a dynamic list of cli options using those listed in the workflow
     for (const option of options) {
       const { flags, description, defaultValue } = option;
       subProgram.option(flags, description, defaultValue);
     }
-    subProgram.action((o) => {
-      parsedOptions = o;
+    // add a default workflow action, so that when triggered the included parsed command
+    // options are stored as a variable for return
+    subProgram.action((cmdOptions) => {
+      parsedOptions = cmdOptions;
     });
-    if (process.argv.find((arg) => ["--help", "h"].includes(arg))) {
+    if (args.find((arg) => ["--help", "h"].includes(arg))) {
       logProgramHelp(subProgram);
     }
-    subProgram.parse(process.argv);
+    // run the command with args parsed. Include 2 additional placeholder args
+    // as these will be sliced out during processing. This will trigger the action above
+    // and use commander's parsing methods to process the args list
+    const [sysArg1, sysArg2] = process.argv;
+    subProgram.parse([sysArg1, sysArg2, ...args]);
     return parsedOptions;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/appData.ts b/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/appData.ts
index 2bc17704b5..7d8668203a 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/appData.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/appData.ts
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ import { SRC_ASSETS_PATH } from "../../paths";
 import { IContentsEntry, replicateDir } from "../../utils";
 
 /** Prepare sourcely cached assets for population to app */
-const postProcessAssets = (options: { sourceAssetsFolder: string }) => {
+const postProcessAssets = async (options: { sourceAssetsFolder: string }) => {
   const { sourceAssetsFolder } = options;
   let args = `--source-assets-folder ${sourceAssetsFolder}`;
   let cmd = `app-data post-process assets ${args}`;
 
-  parseCommand(`${cmd}`);
+  await parseCommand(`${cmd}`);
 };
 
 /** Prepare sourcely cached seets for population to app */
-const postProcessSheets = (options: {
+const postProcessSheets = async (options: {
   sourceSheetsFolder: string;
   sourceTranslationsFolder: string;
 }) => {
   const { sourceSheetsFolder, sourceTranslationsFolder } = options;
   let args = `--source-sheets-folder ${sourceSheetsFolder} --source-translations-folder ${sourceTranslationsFolder}`;
   let cmd = `app-data post-process sheets ${args}`;
-  parseCommand(`${cmd}`);
+  await parseCommand(`${cmd}`);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/workflow.ts b/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/workflow.ts
index b889ba2549..91e142e89f 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/workflow.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/tasks/providers/workflow.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ const runWorkflow = async (options: {
   parent: IWorkflowContext;
   args?: string[];
 }) => {
-  const { name, args, parent } = options;
-  let cmd = `workflow run ${name} --parent ${parent.name}`;
+  const { name, parent, args } = options;
+  const parentName = parent ? Object.values(parent)[0].name : null;
+  let cmd = `workflow run ${name}`;
+  if (parentName) {
+    cmd += ` --parent ${parentName}`;
+  }
   if (args) {
     cmd += ` ${args.join(" ")}`;
   }
-  parseCommand(cmd);
+  await parseCommand(cmd);
 };
 
 export default { runWorkflow };
diff --git a/packages/workflows/src/sync.workflows.ts b/packages/workflows/src/sync.workflows.ts
index 58b3bb811d..c0f4ea82ef 100644
--- a/packages/workflows/src/sync.workflows.ts
+++ b/packages/workflows/src/sync.workflows.ts
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ const workflows: IDeploymentWorkflows = {
     steps: [
       {
         name: "sync_local",
-        function: async (context) => {
-          processLocalFiles(context);
-        },
+        function: async (context) => processLocalFiles(context),
       },
       {
         name: "watch_changes",
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ const workflows: IDeploymentWorkflows = {
               const { assets_path, sheets_path } = context.config.local_drive;
               const only_sheets = normalize(filepath).startsWith(normalize(sheets_path));
               const only_assets = normalize(filepath).startsWith(normalize(assets_path));
-              processLocalFiles(context, { only_assets, only_sheets });
+              await processLocalFiles(context, { only_assets, only_sheets });
             },
           }),
       },
diff --git a/packages/workflows/src/workflow.model.ts b/packages/workflows/src/workflow.model.ts
index 23ae0a45d3..f298a5aa4c 100644
--- a/packages/workflows/src/workflow.model.ts
+++ b/packages/workflows/src/workflow.model.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { IDeploymentConfigJson } from "data-models";
 import type { ITasks } from "../../scripts/src/tasks";
 
 export interface IWorkflowContext {
-  [step_name: string]: { output: any };
+  [step_name: string]: IWorkflowStep & { output: any };
 }
 
 interface IWorkflowStep {