diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js
index 9d98bb1ab..a88a5e5e1 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/targets.js
@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsTargetsRoute extends Route {
   @action
   async connect(model) {
     try {
-      await this.ipc.invoke('cli');
-      const connection = await this.ipc.invoke('connect', {
+      // Check for cli
+      const cliPath = await this.ipc.invoke('cliPath');
+      if(!cliPath) throw new Error('Cannot find boundary cli.')
+
+      // Create target session
+      const connection = this.ipc.invoke('connect', {
         target_id: model.target.id,
         token: this.session.data.authenticated.token,
       });
+
       // Show the user a modal with basic connection info.
       this.confirm.confirm(connection, { isConnectSuccess: true });
     } catch(e) {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/targets/index.hbs b/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/targets/index.hbs
index 7d2ea2383..8c3c463e5 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/targets/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/targets/index.hbs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
               <Rose::Badge @style='informational'>
                 {{model.project.name}}
               </Rose::Badge>
+              <p>{{model.project.id}}</p>
             </row.cell>
             <row.cell>
               <Rose::Button @style="secondary" {{on "click" (route-action "connect" model)}}>
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/handlers.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/handlers.js
index d747c556c..3dc473c23 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/handlers.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/handlers.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ handle('getOrigin', () => origin);
 handle('setOrigin', (requestOrigin) => origin = requestOrigin);
 
 /**
- * Detect boundary cli in env path
+ * Detect boundary cli path
  */
-handle('cli', async () => {
+handle('cliPath', async () => {
   const cliPath = await lookpath('boundary');
   if(!cliPath) throw new Error({ message: 'Cannot find boundary cli.'})
   return cliPath;
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
index 1fdac9a6e..5fa22cf4c 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 const { spawn } = require('child_process');
 
-/**
- * Attempt to parse output string to JSON.
- * When JSON is successfully parsed, consider stdout fully read.
-*/
-// TODO: Potential use for BufferList?
-const resolveOutput = (resolve, outputStream) => {
+// Verify json
+const isJSON = (data) => {
+  let jsonData;
+  if(typeof data !== 'string') data = JSON.stringify(data)
   try {
-    resolve(JSON.parse(outputStream));
+    jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
   } catch (e) {
-    // Ignore JSON parse errors while stdout buffers.
+    // Ignore parse errors
   }
-};
+
+  return (typeof jsonData === 'object');
+}
 
 // You can throw exceptions, or allow them to occur, and this is supported.
 // Exceptions thrown in this way will be returned to the UI as an
@@ -27,15 +27,6 @@ const resolveOutput = (resolve, outputStream) => {
 // error from the underlying exec implementation.  It's not a very
 // helpful message for users, so it's recommended to craft nice
 // POJO representation and throw it or promise->reject it.
-const rejectError = (reject, message) => {
-  try {
-    const errorMessage = JSON.parse(message);
-    reject(new Error(errorMessage.error));
-  } catch (e) {
-    // Ignore JSON parse errors while stderr buffers.
-  }
-};
-
 module.exports = function spawnPromise (command) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const childProcess = spawn('boundary', command);
@@ -44,12 +35,12 @@ module.exports = function spawnPromise (command) {
 
     childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
       outputStream += data.toString();
-      resolveOutput(resolve, outputStream);
+      if(isJSON(outputStream)) resolve(JSON.parse(outputStream));
     });
 
     childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
       errorStream += data.toString();
-      rejectError(reject, errorStream);
+      if(isJSON(errorStream)) reject(new Error(JSON.parse(errorStream)?.error));
     });
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}