diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/runners.js b/packages/api/src/controllers/runners.js
index 0abb6466..98eab3b6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/runners.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/runners.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module.exports = {
     const subprocess = fork(scriptFile, ['--checkParent', ...process.argv.slice(3)], {
       stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'],
       env: {
-        DBGATE_API: process.argv[1],
+        DBGATE_API: global['dbgateApiModulePath'] || process.argv[1],
         DBGATE_CWD: directory,
         ..._.fromPairs(pluginNames.map(name => [`PLUGIN_${_.camelCase(name)}`, path.join(pluginsdir(), name)])),
       },
diff --git a/packages/dbgate/bin/dbgate.js b/packages/dbgate/bin/dbgate.js
index be7f1240..fbf9b73b 100755
--- a/packages/dbgate/bin/dbgate.js
+++ b/packages/dbgate/bin/dbgate.js
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 const dbgateApi = require('dbgate-api');
 
+global.dbgateApiModulePath = require.resolve('dbgate-api');
+
 dbgateApi.getMainModule().start('startNodeWeb');