diff --git a/archivebox/services/runner.py b/archivebox/services/runner.py
index 247561ac..5dcd6d92 100644
--- a/archivebox/services/runner.py
+++ b/archivebox/services/runner.py
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ async def _run_binary(binary_id: str) -> None:
     process_service = PersistedProcessService(bus)
     binary_process_service = ArchiveBoxBinaryService(bus)
     BinaryCacheService(bus, backend=ArchiveBoxDBBinaryCacheBackend())
-    BinaryService(bus)
+    BinaryService(bus, lib_dir=Path(config["ABXPKG_LIB_DIR"]))
     TagService(bus)
     ArchiveResultService(bus)
     MachineService(bus)
diff --git a/archivebox/tests/test_crawl_runner.py b/archivebox/tests/test_crawl_runner.py
index bc22f991..fda6b86e 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/test_crawl_runner.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/test_crawl_runner.py
@@ -719,7 +719,8 @@ def test_run_pending_crawls_processes_queued_crawl_and_real_binary(tmp_path):
     assert Snapshot.objects.filter(crawl=crawl, status=Snapshot.StatusChoices.SEALED).count() == 1
     assert binary.status == Binary.StatusChoices.INSTALLED
     assert binary.retry_at is None
-    assert Path(binary.abspath).is_symlink()
+    assert Path(binary.abspath).is_file()
+    assert binary.version
     assert binary.binprovider == "env"
 
 
@@ -877,7 +878,8 @@ def test_run_pending_crawls_resolves_real_binary_through_abxpkg(tmp_path):
     assert result == 0
     assert binary.status == Binary.StatusChoices.INSTALLED
     assert binary.retry_at is None
-    assert Path(binary.abspath).is_symlink()
+    assert Path(binary.abspath).is_file()
+    assert binary.version
     assert binary.binprovider == "env"