diff --git a/bin/main.dart b/bin/main.dart
index ea26ede6..3641324c 100644
--- a/bin/main.dart
+++ b/bin/main.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:screenshots/screenshots.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
 const usage =
     'usage: screenshots [-h] [-c <config file>] [-m <normal|recording|comparison|archive>]';
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ void main(List<String> arguments) async {
     _handleError(argParser, e.toString());
   }
 
+  // show help
+  if (argResults[helpArg]) {
+    _showUsage(argParser);
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
   // confirm os
   switch (Platform.operatingSystem) {
     case 'windows':
@@ -64,30 +71,11 @@ void main(List<String> arguments) async {
     exit(1);
   }
 
-  // check adb is in path
-  if (!cmd('sh', ['-c', 'which adb && echo adb || echo not installed'], '.',
-          true)
-      .toString()
-      .contains('adb')) {
-    stderr.write(
-        '#############################################################\n');
-    stderr.write("# 'adb' must be in the PATH to use Screenshots\n");
-    stderr.write("# You can usually add it to the PATH using\n"
-        "# export PATH='~/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:\$PATH'  \n");
-    stderr.write(
-        '#############################################################\n');
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  // show help
-  if (argResults[helpArg]) {
-    _showUsage(argParser);
-    exit(0);
-  }
+  // check adb is found
+  getAdbPath();
 
   // validate args
-  final file = File(argResults[configArg]);
-  if (!await file.exists()) {
+  if (!await File(argResults[configArg]).exists()) {
     _handleError(argParser, "File not found: ${argResults[configArg]}");
   }
 
@@ -105,3 +93,27 @@ void _showUsage(ArgParser argParser) {
   print(argParser.usage);
   exit(2);
 }
+
+/// Path to the `adb` executable.
+String getAdbPath() {
+  final String androidHome = Platform.environment['ANDROID_HOME'] ??
+      Platform.environment['ANDROID_SDK_ROOT'];
+  if (androidHome == null) {
+    throw 'The ANDROID_SDK_ROOT and ANDROID_HOME environment variables are '
+        'missing. At least one of these variables must point to the Android '
+        'SDK directory containing platform-tools.';
+  }
+  final String adbPath = path.join(androidHome, 'platform-tools/adb');
+  final absPath = path.absolute(adbPath);
+  if (!File(adbPath).existsSync()) {
+    stderr.write(
+        '#############################################################\n');
+    stderr.write("# 'adb' must be in the PATH to use Screenshots\n");
+    stderr.write("# You can usually add it to the PATH using\n"
+        "# export PATH='\$HOME/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:\$PATH'  \n");
+    stderr.write(
+        '#############################################################\n');
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  return absPath;
+}
diff --git a/test/screenshots_test.dart b/test/screenshots_test.dart
index e38f29f3..112a9cdd 100644
--- a/test/screenshots_test.dart
+++ b/test/screenshots_test.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
-import 'package:screenshots/src/archive.dart';
+import 'package:screenshots/screenshots.dart';
 import 'package:screenshots/src/config.dart';
 import 'package:screenshots/src/daemon_client.dart';
 import 'package:screenshots/src/globals.dart';
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import 'package:yaml/yaml.dart';
 import 'package:screenshots/src/fastlane.dart' as fastlane;
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 
+import '../bin/main.dart';
 import 'common.dart';
 
 void main() {
@@ -633,7 +634,6 @@ devices:
   });
 
   group('archiving', () {
-
     test('run with archiving enabled', () async {
       final origDir = Directory.current;
       Directory.current = 'example';
@@ -659,4 +659,11 @@ devices:
       run.cmd('git', ['checkout', dirPath]);
     });
   });
+
+  group('adb path', () {
+    test('find adb path', () async {
+      final _adbPath = getAdbPath();
+      print('adbPath=$_adbPath');
+    });
+  });
 }