diff --git a/cortex-js/package.json b/cortex-js/package.json
index f96f76baf..ef20491ce 100644
--- a/cortex-js/package.json
+++ b/cortex-js/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "nest dev",
     "build": "nest build && cpx \"cpuinfo/bin/**\" dist/bin",
-    "build:binary": "run-script-os && cpx \"cpuinfo/bin/**\" dist/bin",
+    "build:binary": "npx -q patch-package && run-script-os && cpx \"cpuinfo/bin/**\" dist/bin",
     "build:binary:windows": "bun build --compile ./src/command.ts --outfile cortex.exe --external @nestjs/microservices --external @nestjs/websockets/socket-module --external class-transformer/storage",
     "build:binary:linux": "bun build --compile ./src/command.ts --outfile cortex --external @nestjs/microservices --external @nestjs/websockets/socket-module --external class-transformer/storage",
     "build:binary:macos": "bun build --compile ./src/command.ts --outfile cortex --external @nestjs/microservices --external @nestjs/websockets/socket-module --external class-transformer/storage",
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
     "test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
     "test:e2e": "jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json",
     "typeorm": "typeorm-ts-node-esm",
-    "build:dev": "npx nest build && chmod +x ./dist/src/command.js && npm link",
-    "postinstall": "npx --yes patch-package"
+    "build:dev": "npx nest build && chmod +x ./dist/src/command.js && npm link"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@huggingface/gguf": "^0.1.5",
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/usecases/cortex/cortex.usecases.ts b/cortex-js/src/usecases/cortex/cortex.usecases.ts
index 04dafd0b3..b1210471b 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/usecases/cortex/cortex.usecases.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/usecases/cortex/cortex.usecases.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ChildProcess, spawn } from 'child_process';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { delimiter, join } from 'path';
 import { CortexOperationSuccessfullyDto } from '@/infrastructure/dtos/cortex/cortex-operation-successfully.dto';
 import { HttpService } from '@nestjs/axios';
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   CORTEX_CPP_HEALTH_Z_URL,
   CORTEX_CPP_PROCESS_DESTROY_URL,
 } from '@/infrastructure/constants/cortex';
+import { Engines } from '@/infrastructure/commanders/types/engine.interface';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CortexUsecases {
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ export class CortexUsecases {
       throw new Error('The engine is not available, please run "cortex init".');
     }
 
+    const cortexCPPPath = join(
+      await this.fileManagerService.getDataFolderPath(),
+      'cortex-cpp',
+    );
+
     // go up one level to get the binary folder, have to also work on windows
     this.cortexProcess = spawn(cortexCppPath, args, {
       detached: !attach,
@@ -52,6 +58,11 @@ export class CortexUsecases {
       env: {
         ...process.env,
         CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: '0',
+        PATH: (process.env.PATH || '').concat(delimiter, cortexCPPPath),
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH: (process.env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH || '').concat(
+          delimiter,
+          cortexCPPPath,
+        ),
         // // Vulkan - Support 1 device at a time for now
         // ...(executableOptions.vkVisibleDevices?.length > 0 && {
         //   GGML_VULKAN_DEVICE: executableOptions.vkVisibleDevices[0],