diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index b67f7df..178b26d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@miakapp/cli",
-  "version": "4.0.0-alpha.8",
+  "version": "4.0.0-alpha.9",
   "description": "Agent-first Miakapp command line: check, build, publish, activate and roll back home interfaces",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/starter.ts b/packages/cli/src/starter.ts
index 34224f5..75c404d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/starter.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/starter.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function packageJson(home: string, artifact: string): string {
     scripts: {
       build: `bun build app/main.ts --format=iife --minify --outfile ${artifact}`,
       typecheck: 'tsc --noEmit',
-      check: 'bun run build && miakapp check',
+      check: 'bun run build && node ./node_modules/@miakapp/cli/bin/miakapp.js check',
     },
     devDependencies: {
       [PACKAGE_NAME]: CLI_VERSION,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/version.ts b/packages/cli/src/version.ts
index 3bfc02f..9211ec3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/version.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
  */
 export const PACKAGE_NAME = '@miakapp/cli';
 
-export const CLI_VERSION = '4.0.0-alpha.8';
+export const CLI_VERSION = '4.0.0-alpha.9';
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/starter.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/starter.test.ts
index 622f6ae..779b8f1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/starter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/starter.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, readdir, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { chmod, symlink, mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, readdir, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { runInNewContext } from 'node:vm';
@@ -264,6 +264,25 @@ describe('the generated starter builds, typechecks, checks and runs', () => {
     expect(host.json()).toMatchObject({ abi: 'miakapp.app/1', home_id: 'demo-home' });
   });
 
+  test('the generated check uses its local CLI even when PATH contains an older global CLI', async () => {
+    const shadow = join(directory, 'shadow-bin');
+    await mkdir(shadow);
+    await writeFile(join(shadow, 'miakapp'), '#!/bin/sh\necho stale-global-cli >&2\nexit 81\n');
+    await chmod(join(shadow, 'miakapp'), 0o755);
+    await mkdir(join(directory, 'node_modules/@miakapp'), { recursive: true });
+    await symlink(join(REPOSITORY, 'packages/cli'), join(directory, 'node_modules/@miakapp/cli'), 'dir');
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(directory, 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as { scripts: Record<string, string> };
+    const result = Bun.spawnSync(['sh', '-c', pkg.scripts['check']!], {
+      cwd: directory,
+      env: { ...process.env, PATH: `${shadow}:${process.env['PATH'] ?? ''}` },
+      stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    const output = result.stdout.toString() + result.stderr.toString();
+    expect(output).not.toContain('stale-global-cli');
+    expect(output).toContain('miakapp.app/1');
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   test('with nothing shared it shows an honest empty state and no value', () => {
     const fixture = frame({});
     runInNewContext(bundle, fixture.context);