diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 1c9af8fa9..dce568be2 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 /* eslint no-empty:0 */
 'use strict';
 
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
 if (process.getuid && process.getuid() === 0) {
   global.console.error('Verdaccio doesn\'t need superuser privileges. Don\'t run it under root.');
 }
@@ -182,13 +184,17 @@ function afterConfigLoad() {
   });
 
   // undocumented stuff for tests
-  if (typeof(process.send) === 'function') {
-    process.send({verdaccio_started: true});
+  if (_.isFunction(process.send)) {
+    process.send({
+      verdaccio_started: true,
+    });
   }
 }
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
-  logger.logger.fatal( {err: err},
+  logger.logger.fatal( {
+      err: err,
+    },
   'uncaught exception, please report this\n@{err.stack}' );
   process.exit(255);
 });