diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs
index 221e007e9f..c3dd7373d4 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ pub async fn build_session<'a>(
     // TODO use systems from the profile
     // TODO once the client/server for MCP has stabilized, we should probably add InProcess transport to each
     //      and avoid spawning here. But it is at least included in the CLI for portability
-    let config = SystemConfig::stdio("goose").with_args(vec!["mcp", "developer"]);
+    let config = SystemConfig::stdio(
+        std::env::current_exe()
+            .expect("should find the current executable")
+            .to_str()
+            .expect("should resolve executable to string path"),
+    )
+    .with_args(vec!["mcp", "developer"]);
     agent
         .add_system(config)
         .await