diff --git a/linux-hello-cli/src/main.rs b/linux-hello-cli/src/main.rs
index 5084774..c529b89 100644
--- a/linux-hello-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/linux-hello-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,29 @@ fn get_real_username() -> String {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Set ONNX Runtime library path if not already set
+    if std::env::var("ORT_DYLIB_PATH").is_err() {
+        let known_paths = [
+            "/usr/local/lib/linux-hello/libonnxruntime.so",
+            "/usr/lib/linux-hello/libonnxruntime.so",
+        ];
+        for path in known_paths {
+            if std::path::Path::new(path).exists() {
+                std::env::set_var("ORT_DYLIB_PATH", path);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        // Also check user-local install
+        if std::env::var("ORT_DYLIB_PATH").is_err() {
+            if let Ok(home) = std::env::var("HOME") {
+                let user_path = format!("{}/.local/lib/linux-hello/libonnxruntime.so", home);
+                if std::path::Path::new(&user_path).exists() {
+                    std::env::set_var("ORT_DYLIB_PATH", &user_path);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     let cli = Cli::parse();
 
     // Initialize logging
diff --git a/linux-hello-daemon/src/main.rs b/linux-hello-daemon/src/main.rs
index 17efec4..3adcbb1 100644
--- a/linux-hello-daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/linux-hello-daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Set ONNX Runtime library path if not already set
+    if std::env::var("ORT_DYLIB_PATH").is_err() {
+        for path in [
+            "/usr/local/lib/linux-hello/libonnxruntime.so",
+            "/usr/lib/linux-hello/libonnxruntime.so",
+        ] {
+            if std::path::Path::new(path).exists() {
+                std::env::set_var("ORT_DYLIB_PATH", path);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Initialize logging
     let _subscriber = FmtSubscriber::builder()
         .with_max_level(Level::INFO)