diff --git a/lib/constants.dart b/lib/constants.dart
index 9992fd25..c43dddd3 100644
--- a/lib/constants.dart
+++ b/lib/constants.dart
@@ -50,7 +50,3 @@ String get kFvmHome {
 
 /// Flutter Channels
 const kFlutterChannels = ['master', 'stable', 'dev', 'beta'];
-/// List of Flutter/Dart commands that need to run detached to avoid fvm errors.
-const kDetachedCommands = [
-  'pub cache repair',
-];
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/guards.dart b/lib/src/utils/guards.dart
index 08545eae..4796bd7f 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/guards.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils/guards.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import 'dart:io' show Platform;
-
 import 'package:io/io.dart';
 
-import '../../constants.dart';
 import '../../exceptions.dart';
+import 'helpers.dart';
 import 'logger.dart';
 
 /// Guards against certain action by validatin and throwing errors
@@ -15,11 +13,10 @@ class Guards {
     if (!await isExecutable(execPath)) {
       throw FvmInternalError('Cannot execute $execPath');
     }
-    if (Guards.shouldRunDetached(args)) {
-      logger.trace(Platform.script.path);
+    if (shouldRunDetached(args)) {
       FvmLogger.spacer();
       FvmLogger.info(
-        'This command ${args.join(" ")} will modify FVM installation.',
+        'This command "${args.join(" ")}" will modify FVM installation.',
       );
       FvmLogger.info(
         '''Because of that is suggested you run the following command in your terminal directly''',
@@ -39,11 +36,4 @@ class Guards {
       throw FvmUsageException('Command needs to run outside of FVM proxy');
     }
   }
-
-  /// Check if command needs to be run detached
-  static bool shouldRunDetached(List<String> args) {
-    final argString = args.join(' ');
-
-    return kDetachedCommands.any(argString.contains);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/helpers.dart b/lib/src/utils/helpers.dart
index a62b1936..a52a4645 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/helpers.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils/helpers.dart
@@ -194,3 +194,23 @@ Future<void> checkForFvmUpdate() async {
     currentVersion: packageVersion,
   ).update();
 }
+
+/// Check if fvm is in cache directory
+bool isFvmInstalledGlobally() {
+  /// Segment of the path where Pub caches global packages
+  final pubCacheSegment = Platform.isWindows ? "Pub\Cache" : ".pub-cache";
+  logger.trace(Platform.script.path);
+  return Platform.script.path.contains(pubCacheSegment);
+}
+
+/// Check if command needs to be run detached
+bool shouldRunDetached(List<String> args) {
+  /// List of Flutter/Dart commands that need to run detached to avoid fvm errors.
+  const shouldDetachCommands = [
+    'pub cache repair',
+    'pub cache clean',
+  ];
+  final argString = args.join(' ');
+  final shouldDetach = shouldDetachCommands.any(argString.contains);
+  return shouldDetach && isFvmInstalledGlobally();
+}