diff --git a/include/exectd.h b/include/exectd.h
index 67477c5..d1266aa 100644
--- a/include/exectd.h
+++ b/include/exectd.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ int ext_pipe(int fds[2]);
 int bi_popen(const char* const command, FILE** const in, FILE** const out);
 int bi_pclose(FILE** const in, FILE** const out, const int to_child[2], const int to_parent[2]);
 int execute_job(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
+int shell_job(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[],int outfd, int errfd);
 
 int ext_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
 int ext_bind(int sockfd, const SA *addr,socklen_t addrlen);
diff --git a/src/exectd.c b/src/exectd.c
index 840a2aa..13d2b1a 100644
--- a/src/exectd.c
+++ b/src/exectd.c
@@ -186,7 +186,35 @@ int execute_job( const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]){
 
     return result;
 }
+int shell_job(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[],int outfd, int errfd){
+     int result = -1;
+    TRY{
+        ext_dup2(outfd,STDOUT_FILENO); 
+        ext_dup2(errfd,STDERR_FILENO);
+        ext_close(outfd);
+        ext_close(errfd);
+        pid_t pid = ext_fork();
 
+        if(pid == 0){ // Child process
+            execve(path, argv, envp);
+            Exception e = { strerror(errno) };
+            RAISE(e);
+
+        } else { // Parent process
+            int wstatus;
+            wait(&wstatus);
+
+            if(WIFEXITED(wstatus)){ // Normal exit
+                result = WEXITSTATUS(wstatus);
+            }
+        }
+    } ELSE {
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    } END_TRY;
+
+    return result;
+
+}
 /*---------- Networking Sockets --------*/
 int ext_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol){
     int status = socket(domain,type,protocol);
diff --git a/tests/02_execute.c b/tests/02_execute.c
index b9d9206..a56c760 100644
--- a/tests/02_execute.c
+++ b/tests/02_execute.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "../include/exectd.h"
 int main() {
-    char *argv[] = {"/bin/ping", "-c","3","google.com", NULL}; // Example arguments
+    char *argv[] = {"/bin/ping", "-c","3","myrepos.dev", NULL}; // Example arguments
     char *envp[] = {NULL}; // Example environment variables
     int status = execute_job("/bin/ping", argv, envp);
     if (status != 0) {
diff --git a/tests/03_shell.c b/tests/03_shell.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b5d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/03_shell.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "../include/exectd.h"
+int main() {
+    char *argv[] = {"/bin/ping", "-c","3","myrepos.dev", NULL}; // Example arguments
+    char *envp[] = {NULL}; // Example environment variables
+    int fd = ext_open("tests/bin/stdout_dup", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
+    int fd2 = ext_open("tests/bin/stderr_dup", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT); 
+    int status = shell_job("/bin/ping", argv, envp, fd, fd2);
+    if (status != 0) {
+        // Handle error
+        printf("Shell job returned error code: %d\n", status);
+    }
+    
+    // Code here will run after the child process has finished
+    return 0;
+}