diff --git a/glob/manager_core.py b/glob/manager_core.py
index 04f6ba0e..2c5907f1 100644
--- a/glob/manager_core.py
+++ b/glob/manager_core.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import manager_downloader
 from node_package import InstalledNodePackage
 
 
-version_code = [3, 26]
+version_code = [3, 26, 1]
 version_str = f"V{version_code[0]}.{version_code[1]}" + (f'.{version_code[2]}' if len(version_code) > 2 else '')
 
 
diff --git a/glob/manager_util.py b/glob/manager_util.py
index b87f73c4..1ffffdbf 100644
--- a/glob/manager_util.py
+++ b/glob/manager_util.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import re
 import logging
+import platform
 
 
 cache_lock = threading.Lock()
@@ -21,6 +22,16 @@ cache_dir = os.path.join(comfyui_manager_path, '.cache')  # This path is also up
 
 use_uv = False
 
+
+def add_python_path_to_env():
+    if platform.system() != "Windows":
+        sep = ':'
+    else:
+        sep = ';'
+
+    os.environ['PATH'] = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)+sep+os.environ['PATH']
+
+
 def make_pip_cmd(cmd):
     if use_uv:
         return [sys.executable, '-m', 'uv', 'pip'] + cmd
diff --git a/prestartup_script.py b/prestartup_script.py
index 825c8ff3..1d914612 100644
--- a/prestartup_script.py
+++ b/prestartup_script.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ else:
 
 security_check.security_check()
 
+manager_util.add_python_path_to_env()
+
 cm_global.pip_blacklist = {'torch', 'torchsde', 'torchvision'}
 cm_global.pip_downgrade_blacklist = ['torch', 'torchsde', 'torchvision', 'transformers', 'safetensors', 'kornia']
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce9edd1d..b5ff3db5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "comfyui-manager"
 description = "ComfyUI-Manager provides features to install and manage custom nodes for ComfyUI, as well as various functionalities to assist with ComfyUI."
-version = "3.26"
+version = "3.26.1"
 license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" }
 dependencies = ["GitPython", "PyGithub", "matrix-client==0.4.0", "transformers", "huggingface-hub>0.20", "typer", "rich", "typing-extensions", "toml", "uv", "chardet"]