diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9dc1c5c..14be7d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@milaboratory/small-binaries",
-    "version": "1.10.0",
+    "version": "1.10.1",
     "description": "Small cross-platform binaries, like 'sleep' or 'hello-world', suitable for test needs",
     "scripts": {
         "cleanup": "rm -rf ./pkg-*.tgz && rm -rf ./build/ && rm -rf ./dist/",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
             "runenv-python-stub": {
                 "registry": "milaboratories" ,
-                "version": "1.0.0",
+                "version": "1.0.1",
                 "type": "environment",
                 "runtime": "python",
                 "roots": {
diff --git a/runenv-python-stub.go b/runenv-python-stub.go
index 0c2bb1b..454374c 100644
--- a/runenv-python-stub.go
+++ b/runenv-python-stub.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	if isVenvCreation(os.Args) {
 		createFakeVenv(os.Args)
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "venv directory created")
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "venv directory created\n")
 		return
 	}
 }
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ func createFakeVenv(args []string) {
 		"python stub: failed to create %q dir", binDir,
 	)
 
-	must(copyFile(args[0], filepath.Join(binDir, "python")), "failed to put 'python' into %q", binDir)
-	must(copyFile(args[0], filepath.Join(binDir, "pip")), "failed to put 'pip' into %q", binDir)
+	exec, err := os.Executable()
+	must(err, "failed to get current executable path")
+
+	must(copyFile(exec, filepath.Join(binDir, "python")), "failed to put 'python' into %q", binDir)
+	must(copyFile(exec, filepath.Join(binDir, "pip")), "failed to put 'pip' into %q", binDir)
 }
 
 func copyFile(src, dst string) error {