diff --git a/polaris b/polaris
index 1b072a6c2a..612f1d37cc 100755
--- a/polaris
+++ b/polaris
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] || [ "$(realpath "$VIRTUAL_ENV")" != "$(realpath "${dir
 fi
 
 export SCRIPT_DIR="${dir}"
-exec polaris "$@"
+env PYTHONPATH=client/python SCRIPT_DIR="$dir" "${dir}"/polaris-venv/bin/python3 client/python/cli/polaris_cli.py "$@"