diff --git a/cli/Cargo.lock b/cli/Cargo.lock
index 00b37a6..9ae81d5 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "agent-browser"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.6"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "libc",
diff --git a/cli/src/connection.rs b/cli/src/connection.rs
index ed8fa88..f6a7a39 100644
--- a/cli/src/connection.rs
+++ b/cli/src/connection.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ pub fn ensure_daemon(
     }
 
     let exe_path = env::current_exe().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    // Canonicalize to resolve symlinks (e.g., npm global bin symlink -> actual binary)
+    let exe_path = exe_path.canonicalize().unwrap_or(exe_path);
     let exe_dir = exe_path.parent().unwrap();
 
     let mut daemon_paths = vec![