diff --git a/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index cdbfe942f0..62e2cf7328 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class ExtractThumbnailSP(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             # run subprocess
             self.log.debug("Executing: {}".format(" ".join(subprocess_args)))
             openpype.api.run_subprocess(
-                subprocess_args, shell=True, logger=self.log
+                subprocess_args, logger=self.log
             )
 
         # remove thumbnail key from origin repre
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_trim_video_audio.py b/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_trim_video_audio.py
index 1cbf186a6c..c18de5bc1c 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_trim_video_audio.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/standalonepublisher/plugins/publish/extract_trim_video_audio.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ExtractTrimVideoAudio(openpype.api.Extractor):
             joined_args = " ".join(ffmpeg_args)
             self.log.info(f"Processing: {joined_args}")
             openpype.api.run_subprocess(
-                ffmpeg_args, shell=True, logger=self.log
+                ffmpeg_args, logger=self.log
             )
 
             repre = {
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py
index 31e58025d5..25fb3b7b41 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py
@@ -122,13 +122,14 @@ class ExtractJpegEXR(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             self.log.debug("{}".format(subprocess_command))
             try:  # temporary until oiiotool is supported cross platform
                 run_subprocess(
-                    subprocess_args, shell=True, logger=self.log
+                    subprocess_args, logger=self.log
                 )
             except RuntimeError as exp:
                 if "Compression" in str(exp):
                     self.log.debug("Unsupported compression on input files. " +
                                    "Skipping!!!")
                     return
+                self.log.warning("Conversion crashed", exc_info=True)
                 raise
 
             if "representations" not in instance.data:
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
index ecc49a8da6..bdcb595197 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class ExtractReview(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 )
 
                 openpype.api.run_subprocess(
-                    subprocess_args, shell=True, logger=self.log
+                    subprocess_args, logger=self.log
                 )
 
                 # delete files added to fill gaps
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py
index 4d26fd1ebc..fbd57bdf36 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class ExtractReviewSlate(openpype.api.Extractor):
                 "Slate Executing: {}".format(" ".join(slate_subprocess_args))
             )
             openpype.api.run_subprocess(
-                slate_subprocess_args, shell=True, logger=self.log
+                slate_subprocess_args, logger=self.log
             )
 
             # create ffmpeg concat text file path
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class ExtractReviewSlate(openpype.api.Extractor):
                 "Executing concat: {}".format(" ".join(concat_args))
             )
             openpype.api.run_subprocess(
-                concat_args, shell=True, logger=self.log
+                concat_args, logger=self.log
             )
 
             self.log.debug("__ repre[tags]: {}".format(repre["tags"]))