Index: cli/standalone/mod.rs
--- cli/standalone/mod.rs.orig
+++ cli/standalone/mod.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ use deno_runtime::permissions::PermissionsContainer;
 use deno_runtime::WorkerLogLevel;
 use deno_semver::npm::NpmPackageReqReference;
 use import_map::parse_from_json;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ pub async fn run(
   metadata: Metadata,
 ) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
   let main_module = &metadata.entrypoint;
-  let current_exe_path = std::env::current_exe().unwrap();
+  let current_exe_path =
+    std::env::current_exe().unwrap_or(PathBuf::from("${LOCALBASE}/bin/deno"));
   let current_exe_name =
     current_exe_path.file_name().unwrap().to_string_lossy();
   let deno_dir_provider = Arc::new(DenoDirProvider::new(None));