diff --git a/lib/commands/debug.ts b/lib/commands/debug.ts
index 834c0eda31..7165a38905 100644
--- a/lib/commands/debug.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/debug.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export abstract class DebugPlatformCommand implements ICommand {
 	constructor(private debugService: IPlatformDebugService,
 		private $devicesService: Mobile.IDevicesService,
 		private $injector: IInjector,
-		private $devicePlatformsConstants: Mobile.IDevicePlatformsConstants,
 		private $config: IConfiguration,
 		private $usbLiveSyncService: ILiveSyncService,
 		private $debugDataService: IDebugDataService,
@@ -49,11 +48,7 @@ export abstract class DebugPlatformCommand implements ICommand {
 			await this.debugService.debugStop();
 
 			let applicationId = deviceAppData.appIdentifier;
-			if (deviceAppData.device.isEmulator && deviceAppData.platform.toLowerCase() === this.$devicePlatformsConstants.iOS.toLowerCase()) {
-				applicationId = projectData.projectName;
-			}
-
-			await deviceAppData.device.applicationManager.stopApplication(applicationId);
+			await deviceAppData.device.applicationManager.stopApplication(applicationId, projectData.projectName);
 
 			const buildConfig: IBuildConfig = _.merge({ buildForDevice: !deviceAppData.device.isEmulator }, deployOptions);
 			debugData.pathToAppPackage = this.$platformService.lastOutputPath(this.debugService.platform, buildConfig, projectData);
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ export class DebugIOSCommand extends DebugPlatformCommand {
 		$projectData: IProjectData,
 		$platformsData: IPlatformsData,
 		$iosDeviceOperations: IIOSDeviceOperations) {
-		super($iOSDebugService, $devicesService, $injector, $devicePlatformsConstants, $config, $usbLiveSyncService, $debugDataService, $platformService, $projectData, $options, $platformsData, $logger);
+		super($iOSDebugService, $devicesService, $injector, $config, $usbLiveSyncService, $debugDataService, $platformService, $projectData, $options, $platformsData, $logger);
 		// Do not dispose ios-device-lib, so the process will remain alive and the debug application (NativeScript Inspector or Chrome DevTools) will be able to connect to the socket.
 		// In case we dispose ios-device-lib, the socket will be closed and the code will fail when the debug application tries to read/send data to device socket.
 		// That's why the `$ tns debug ios --justlaunch` command will not release the terminal.
@@ -136,7 +131,7 @@ export class DebugAndroidCommand extends DebugPlatformCommand {
 		$options: IOptions,
 		$projectData: IProjectData,
 		$platformsData: IPlatformsData) {
-		super($androidDebugService, $devicesService, $injector, $devicePlatformsConstants, $config, $usbLiveSyncService, $debugDataService, $platformService, $projectData, $options, $platformsData, $logger);
+		super($androidDebugService, $devicesService, $injector, $config, $usbLiveSyncService, $debugDataService, $platformService, $projectData, $options, $platformsData, $logger);
 	}
 
 	public async canExecute(args: string[]): Promise<boolean> {
diff --git a/lib/common b/lib/common
index b1d69ec132..6e4c95ebbf 160000
--- a/lib/common
+++ b/lib/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b1d69ec132cd7fdc74ea86c7dcc791be0829107d
+Subproject commit 6e4c95ebbfbf118c463f1e09f39505d5ceb8e48c
diff --git a/lib/nativescript-cli.ts b/lib/nativescript-cli.ts
index 143c5268d5..1f30074c49 100644
--- a/lib/nativescript-cli.ts
+++ b/lib/nativescript-cli.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as shelljs from "shelljs";
 shelljs.config.silent = true;
 shelljs.config.fatal = true;
 import { installUncaughtExceptionListener } from "./common/errors";
-installUncaughtExceptionListener(process.exit);
+installUncaughtExceptionListener(process.exit.bind(process, ErrorCodes.UNCAUGHT));
 
 import { settlePromises } from "./common/helpers";
 
diff --git a/lib/npm-installation-manager.ts b/lib/npm-installation-manager.ts
index 0add11ef09..815533a3f2 100644
--- a/lib/npm-installation-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/npm-installation-manager.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class NpmInstallationManager implements INpmInstallationManager {
 
 		packageName = packageName + (version ? `@${version}` : "");
 
-		let npmOptions: any = { silent: true };
+		let npmOptions: any = { silent: true, "save-exact": true };
 
 		if (dependencyType) {
 			npmOptions[dependencyType] = true;
diff --git a/lib/services/project-service.ts b/lib/services/project-service.ts
index bae198342f..f75f5b1d57 100644
--- a/lib/services/project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/project-service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
 		private $projectHelper: IProjectHelper,
 		private $projectNameService: IProjectNameService,
 		private $projectTemplatesService: IProjectTemplatesService,
-		private $staticConfig: IStaticConfig) { }
+		private $staticConfig: IStaticConfig,
+		private $npmInstallationManager: INpmInstallationManager) { }
 
 	@exported("projectService")
 	public async createProject(projectOptions: IProjectSettings): Promise<void> {
@@ -50,16 +51,12 @@ export class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
 
 			await this.ensureAppResourcesExist(projectDir);
 
-			let packageName = constants.TNS_CORE_MODULES_NAME;
-			await this.$npm.install(packageName, projectDir, {
-				save: true,
-				"save-exact": true,
-				disableNpmInstall: false,
-				frameworkPath: null,
-				ignoreScripts: projectOptions.ignoreScripts
-			});
-
 			let templatePackageJsonData = this.getDataFromJson(templatePath);
+
+			if (!(templatePackageJsonData && templatePackageJsonData.dependencies && templatePackageJsonData.dependencies[constants.TNS_CORE_MODULES_NAME])) {
+				await this.$npmInstallationManager.install(constants.TNS_CORE_MODULES_NAME, projectDir, { dependencyType: "save" });
+			}
+
 			this.mergeProjectAndTemplateProperties(projectDir, templatePackageJsonData); //merging dependencies from template (dev && prod)
 			this.removeMergedDependencies(projectDir, templatePackageJsonData);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65babf004d..fb6610091f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "inquirer": "0.9.0",
     "ios-device-lib": "0.4.1",
     "ios-mobileprovision-finder": "1.0.9",
-    "ios-sim-portable": "~2.0.0",
+    "ios-sim-portable": "~3.0.0",
     "lockfile": "1.0.1",
     "lodash": "4.13.1",
     "log4js": "1.0.1",
diff --git a/test/project-service.ts b/test/project-service.ts
index a4bac957e1..8a1c7b0ad4 100644
--- a/test/project-service.ts
+++ b/test/project-service.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ProjectIntegrationTest {
 		this.testInjector.register("fs", FileSystem);
 		this.testInjector.register("projectDataService", ProjectDataServiceLib.ProjectDataService);
 		this.testInjector.register("staticConfig", StaticConfig);
-		this.testInjector.register("analyticsService", { track: async () => undefined });
+		this.testInjector.register("analyticsService", { track: async (): Promise<any> => undefined });
 
 		this.testInjector.register("npmInstallationManager", NpmInstallationManager);
 		this.testInjector.register("npm", NpmLib.NodePackageManager);
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class ProjectIntegrationTest {
 				return dummyString;
 			}
 		});
+		this.testInjector.register("npmInstallationManager", NpmInstallationManager);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ describe("Project Service Tests", () => {
 			testInjector.register("projectTemplatesService", {});
 			testInjector.register("staticConfig", {});
 			testInjector.register("projectHelper", {});
+			testInjector.register("npmInstallationManager", {});
 
 			return testInjector;
 		};