diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js
index d3f0fd332..3ca3ebc9a 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/boundary-cli.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
-const spawnPromise = require('./spawn-promise');
+const { spawnAsyncJSONPromise } = require('./spawn-promise');
 
 const cliPath = async () => path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'cli', 'boundary');
 
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ module.exports = {
       '-format=json',
       '--output-json-errors'
     ];
-    return spawnPromise(command);
+    return spawnAsyncJSONPromise(command);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
index b4c04d75a..b6661546f 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/spawn-promise.js
@@ -25,23 +25,36 @@ const jsonify = (data) => {
 // 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.
-module.exports = function spawnPromise (command) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const boundaryPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'cli', 'boundary');
-    const childProcess = spawn(boundaryPath, command);
-    let outputStream = '';
-    let errorStream = '';
+module.exports = {
 
-    childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      outputStream += data.toString();
-      const jsonData = jsonify(outputStream);
-      if(jsonData) resolve(jsonData);
-    });
+  /**
+   * Spawns an asynchronous child process that is expected to output JSON
+   * data on either stdout or stderr.  The process is allowed to continue
+   * running after the promise resolves.  This function is intended to launch
+   * the local proxy.
+   * @param {string} command
+   * @return {Promise}
+   */
+  spawnAsyncJSONPromise(command) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const boundaryPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'cli', 'boundary');
+      const childProcess = spawn(boundaryPath, command);
+      let outputStream = '';
+      let errorStream = '';
 
-    childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-      errorStream += data.toString();
-      const jsonData = jsonify(errorStream);
-      if(jsonData) reject(new Error(jsonData?.error));
+      childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+        outputStream += data.toString();
+        const jsonData = jsonify(outputStream);
+        if (jsonData) resolve(jsonData);
+      });
+
+      childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+        errorStream += data.toString();
+        const jsonData = jsonify(errorStream);
+        const error = jsonData ? jsonData.error : undefined;
+        if (jsonData) reject(new Error(error));
+      });
     });
-  });
-}
+  },
+
+};