diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ae5ebc4..6fc9aebe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ secrets
 test-run-details.json
 cypress/fixtures/test-run-details.json
 env_variables/*.env.json
+env_variables/*
 !env_variables/template.env.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a899088..da8f228d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 	"description": "e2e testing",
 	"main": "index.js",
 	"scripts": {
-		"pretest": "node run-script.js pretest",
-		"generate:report": "node run-script.js generate:report",
-		"cy:open:local": "node run-script.js cy:open local",
-		"tag:stable:local": "node run-script.js tag:stable local",
-		"tag:stable:pr:local": "node run-script.js tag:stable:pr local",
-		"tag:stable:release:local": "node run-script.js tag:stable:release local",
-		"tag:only:local": "node run-script.js tag:only local",
-		"tag:unstable:local": "node run-script.js tag:unstable local",
+		"pretest": "bash scripts/script.sh pretest",
+		"generate:report": "bash scripts/script.sh generate:report",
+		"cy:open:local": "bash scripts/script.sh cy:open local",
+		"tag:stable:local": "bash scripts/script.sh tag:stable local",
+		"tag:stable:pr:local": "bash scripts/script.sh tag:stable:pr local",
+		"tag:stable:release:local": "bash scripts/script.sh tag:stable:release local",
+		"tag:only:local": "bash scripts/script.sh tag:only local",
+		"tag:unstable:local": "bash scripts/script.sh tag:unstable local",
 		"cy:open:ci": "scripts/script.sh cy:open ci",
 		"tag:stable:ci": "scripts/script.sh tag:stable ci",
 		"tag:stable:pr:ci": "scripts/script.sh tag:stable:pr ci",
diff --git a/run-script.js b/run-script.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a0ac5428..00000000
--- a/run-script.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-const { exec } = require('child_process')
-const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32'
-
-const scriptPath = './scripts/script.sh'
-const args = process.argv.slice(2).join(' ')
-
-if (isWindows) {
-  // On Windows, use the "bash" command to run the script
-  exec(`bash ${scriptPath} ${args}`)
-} else {
-  // On non-Windows platforms, execute the script directly
-  exec(`bash ${scriptPath} ${args}`)
-}