diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 8f82803..b7d397e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@open-matrix/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Matrix package-author CLI.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 775b5f8..066f386 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { realpathSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { initCommand } from './commands/init.js';
 import { actorCommand } from './commands/actor.js';
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export function createProgram(): Command {
   program
     .name('matrix')
     .description('Matrix SDK CLI for package authors')
-    .version('0.1.3');
+    .version('0.1.4');
 
   const broker = program
     .command('broker')
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
 const invokedPath = process.argv[1];
 const isDirectExecution = Boolean(invokedPath)
-  && pathToFileURL(invokedPath).href === import.meta.url;
+  && pathToFileURL(realpathSync(invokedPath)).href === import.meta.url;
 
 if (isDirectExecution) {
   main().catch((err) => {