diff --git a/claude/uclaude_updater.py b/claude/uclaude_updater.py
index 7ade2ab..5acf7f4 100644
--- a/claude/uclaude_updater.py
+++ b/claude/uclaude_updater.py
@@ -327,10 +327,14 @@ def find_all_cli_js():
             r = subprocess.run(["which", "claude"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5)
             if r.returncode == 0:
                 claude_bin = os.path.realpath(r.stdout.strip())
-                # claude binary is at node_modules/.bin/claude
-                # cli.js is in node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js
-                nm = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(claude_bin))  # node_modules/
-                candidates.add(os.path.join(nm, "@anthropic-ai", "claude-code", "cli.js"))
+                if os.path.basename(claude_bin) == "cli.js":
+                    # which claude resolves directly to cli.js
+                    candidates.add(claude_bin)
+                else:
+                    # which claude points to .bin/claude wrapper
+                    # cli.js is at node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js
+                    nm = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(claude_bin))  # node_modules/
+                    candidates.add(os.path.join(nm, "@anthropic-ai", "claude-code", "cli.js"))
         except Exception:
             pass