diff --git a/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_e2e.sh b/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_e2e.sh
index 5566039..44d1b41 100755
--- a/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_e2e.sh
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ BANK_HOST=$(python3 -c 'from urllib.parse import urlparse; print(urlparse("'"$BA
 
 SCRATCH=$(mktemp -d)
 WDB="$SCRATCH/wallet.sqlite3"
-export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${HOME}/taler/opt/taler-wallet-cli/usr/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
 # Always dump balances on any exit (timeout, blocker, signal, success)
 trap 'ec=$?; e2e_finish "$ec"; rm -rf "$SCRATCH"; exit "$ec"' EXIT
 
diff --git a/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh b/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh
index 451d56d..62f3311 100755
--- a/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh
@@ -599,14 +599,35 @@ read_secret() {
 }
 
 find_wallet_cli() {
+  # Must return a path suitable for: node "$WALLET_CLI" …
+  # Prefer *.mjs / bundled entry; plain /usr/bin/taler-wallet-cli is often a
+  # shell wrapper and cannot be passed to node.
   if [ -n "${WALLET_CLI:-}" ] && [ -f "$WALLET_CLI" ]; then
     echo "$WALLET_CLI"; return 0
   fi
+  local c cand
   for c in \
+    "${HOME}/.local/bin/taler-wallet-cli.mjs" \
+    "${HOME}/taler/opt/taler-wallet-cli/usr/lib/taler-wallet-cli/node_modules/taler-wallet-cli/bin/taler-wallet-cli.mjs" \
+    /home/hernani/taler/opt/taler-wallet-cli/usr/lib/taler-wallet-cli/node_modules/taler-wallet-cli/bin/taler-wallet-cli.mjs \
     /Users/newkamek/src/taler/taler-typescript-core/packages/taler-wallet-cli/bin/taler-wallet-cli.mjs \
-    "$(command -v taler-wallet-cli 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    /usr/lib/taler-wallet-cli/node_modules/taler-wallet-cli/bin/taler-wallet-cli.mjs \
+    /usr/share/taler-wallet-cli/bin/taler-wallet-cli.mjs
   do
     [ -n "$c" ] && [ -f "$c" ] && { echo "$c"; return 0; }
   done
+  # Debian package wrapper → resolve real .mjs
+  cand=$(command -v taler-wallet-cli 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [ -n "$cand" ] && [ -f "$cand" ]; then
+    if head -1 "$cand" 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'node\|mjs'; then
+      # shebang node script or .mjs
+      echo "$cand"; return 0
+    fi
+    # follow symlink into package tree
+    if [ -L "$cand" ]; then
+      c=$(readlink -f "$cand" 2>/dev/null || true)
+      [ -n "$c" ] && [ -f "$c" ] && { echo "$c"; return 0; }
+    fi
+  fi
   return 1
 }