diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml
index 62f2dd980..7976a9e4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['4391-dmr-support'] # put your current branch to create a build. Core team only.
+    branches: ['fix-path-patch'] # put your current branch to create a build. Core team only.
     paths-ignore:
       - '**.md'
       - 'cloud-deployments/*'
diff --git a/collector/__tests__/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.test.js b/collector/__tests__/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.test.js
index 2373d7656..f6593702a 100644
--- a/collector/__tests__/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.test.js
+++ b/collector/__tests__/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 
 // Mock fix-path as a noop to prevent SIGSEGV (segfault)
-jest.mock("fix-path", () => jest.fn());
+// Returns ESM-style default export for dynamic import()
+jest.mock("fix-path", () => ({ default: jest.fn() }));
 
 const { FFMPEGWrapper } = require("../../../../utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg");
 
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ describeRunner("FFMPEGWrapper", () => {
   });
 
   it("should find ffmpeg executable", async () => {
-    const knownPath = ffmpeg.ffmpegPath;
+    const knownPath = await ffmpeg.ffmpegPath();
     expect(knownPath).toBeDefined();
     expect(typeof knownPath).toBe("string");
     expect(knownPath.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
 
   it("should validate ffmpeg executable", async () => {
-    const knownPath = ffmpeg.ffmpegPath;
+    const knownPath = await ffmpeg.ffmpegPath();
     expect(ffmpeg.isValidFFMPEG(knownPath)).toBe(true);
   });
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ describeRunner("FFMPEGWrapper", () => {
     const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
     fs.writeFileSync(inputPath, Buffer.from(buffer));
 
-    const result = ffmpeg.convertAudioToWav(inputPath, outputPath);
+    const result = await ffmpeg.convertAudioToWav(inputPath, outputPath);
 
     expect(result).toBe(true);
     expect(fs.existsSync(outputPath)).toBe(true);
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ describeRunner("FFMPEGWrapper", () => {
     const nonExistentFile = path.resolve(testDir, "non-existent-file.wav");
     const outputPath = path.resolve(testDir, "test-output-fail.wav");
 
-    expect(() => {
-      ffmpeg.convertAudioToWav(nonExistentFile, outputPath)
-    }).toThrow(`Input file ${nonExistentFile} does not exist.`);
+    expect(async () => {
+      return await ffmpeg.convertAudioToWav(nonExistentFile, outputPath);
+    }).rejects.toThrow(`Input file ${nonExistentFile} does not exist.`);
   });
 });
diff --git a/collector/package.json b/collector/package.json
index 745d76859..1252fc266 100644
--- a/collector/package.json
+++ b/collector/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "puppeteer": "~21.5.2",
     "sharp": "^0.33.5",
     "slugify": "^1.6.6",
+    "strip-ansi": "^7.1.2",
     "tesseract.js": "^6.0.0",
     "url-pattern": "^1.0.3",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0",
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "string-width": "^4.2.3",
-    "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
     "wrap-ansi": "^7.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.js b/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.js
index 5b39b71ea..7e0ed75c9 100644
--- a/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.js
+++ b/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const { execSync, spawnSync } = require("child_process");
-
+const { patchShellEnvironmentPath } = require("../../shell");
 /**
  * Custom FFMPEG wrapper class for audio file conversion.
  * Replaces deprecated fluent-ffmpeg package.
@@ -27,20 +27,12 @@ class FFMPEGWrapper {
    * Locates ffmpeg binary.
    * Uses fix-path on non-Windows platforms to ensure we can find ffmpeg.
    *
-   * @returns {string} Path to ffmpeg binary
+   * @returns {Promise<string>} Path to ffmpeg binary
    * @throws {Error}
    */
-  get ffmpegPath() {
+  async ffmpegPath() {
     if (this._ffmpegPath) return this._ffmpegPath;
-
-    if (process.platform !== "win32") {
-      try {
-        const fixPath = require("fix-path");
-        fixPath();
-      } catch (error) {
-        this.log("Could not load fix-path, using system PATH");
-      }
-    }
+    await patchShellEnvironmentPath();
 
     try {
       const which = process.platform === "win32" ? "where" : "which";
@@ -83,10 +75,10 @@ class FFMPEGWrapper {
    *
    * @param {string} inputPath - Input path for audio file (any format supported by ffmpeg)
    * @param {string} outputPath - Output path for converted file
-   * @returns {boolean}
+   * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
    * @throws {Error} If ffmpeg binary cannot be found or conversion fails
    */
-  convertAudioToWav(inputPath, outputPath) {
+  async convertAudioToWav(inputPath, outputPath) {
     if (!fs.existsSync(inputPath))
       throw new Error(`Input file ${inputPath} does not exist.`);
     const outputDir = path.dirname(outputPath);
@@ -95,7 +87,7 @@ class FFMPEGWrapper {
     this.log(`Converting ${path.basename(inputPath)} to WAV format...`);
     // Convert to 16k hz mono 32f
     const result = spawnSync(
-      this.ffmpegPath,
+      await this.ffmpegPath(),
       [
         "-i",
         inputPath,
diff --git a/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/localWhisper.js b/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/localWhisper.js
index d707735e9..6ee124fec 100644
--- a/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/localWhisper.js
+++ b/collector/utils/WhisperProviders/localWhisper.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class LocalWhisper {
         fs.mkdirSync(outFolder, { recursive: true });
 
       const outputFile = path.resolve(outFolder, `${v4()}.wav`);
-      const success = ffmpeg.convertAudioToWav(sourcePath, outputFile);
+      const success = await ffmpeg.convertAudioToWav(sourcePath, outputFile);
       if (!success)
         throw new Error(
           "[Conversion Failed]: Could not convert file to .wav format!"
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class LocalWhisper {
               progress_callback: (data) => {
                 if (!data.hasOwnProperty("progress")) return;
                 console.log(
-                  `\x1b[34m[Embedding - Downloading Model Files]\x1b[0m ${
+                  `\x1b[34m[ONNXWhisper - Downloading Model Files]\x1b[0m ${
                     data.file
                   } ${~~data?.progress}%`
                 );
diff --git a/collector/utils/shell.js b/collector/utils/shell.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2030cbb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/utils/shell.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Patch the shell environment path to ensure the PATH is properly set for the current platform.
+ * On Docker, we are on Node v18 and cannot support fix-path v5.
+ * So we need to use the ESM-style import() to import the fix-path module + add the strip-ansi call to patch the PATH, which is the only change between v4 and v5.
+ * https://github.com/sindresorhus/fix-path/issues/6
+ * @returns {Promise<{[key: string]: string}>} - Environment variables from shell
+ */
+async function patchShellEnvironmentPath() {
+  try {
+    if (process.platform === "win32") return process.env;
+    const { default: fixPath } = await import("fix-path");
+    const { default: stripAnsi } = await import("strip-ansi");
+    fixPath();
+    if (process.env.PATH) process.env.PATH = stripAnsi(process.env.PATH);
+    console.log("Shell environment path patched successfully.");
+    return process.env;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to patch shell environment path:", error);
+    return process.env;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  patchShellEnvironmentPath,
+};
diff --git a/collector/yarn.lock b/collector/yarn.lock
index 82ec934e6..747e19a3e 100644
--- a/collector/yarn.lock
+++ b/collector/yarn.lock
@@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ ansi-regex@^5.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.1.tgz#082cb2c89c9fe8659a311a53bd6a4dc5301db304"
   integrity sha512-quJQXlTSUGL2LH9SUXo8VwsY4soanhgo6LNSm84E1LBcE8s3O0wpdiRzyR9z/ZZJMlMWv37qOOb9pdJlMUEKFQ==
 
+ansi-regex@^6.0.1:
+  version "6.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-6.2.2.tgz#60216eea464d864597ce2832000738a0589650c1"
+  integrity sha512-Bq3SmSpyFHaWjPk8If9yc6svM8c56dB5BAtW4Qbw5jHTwwXXcTLoRMkpDJp6VL0XzlWaCHTXrkFURMYmD0sLqg==
+
 ansi-styles@^4.0.0:
   version "4.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz#edd803628ae71c04c85ae7a0906edad34b648937"
@@ -3422,13 +3427,20 @@ string_decoder@~1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
 
-strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1, strip-ansi@^7.0.1:
+strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
   dependencies:
     ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
 
+strip-ansi@^7.0.1, strip-ansi@^7.1.2:
+  version "7.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-7.1.2.tgz#132875abde678c7ea8d691533f2e7e22bb744dba"
+  integrity sha512-gmBGslpoQJtgnMAvOVqGZpEz9dyoKTCzy2nfz/n8aIFhN/jCE/rCmcxabB6jOOHV+0WNnylOxaxBQPSvcWklhA==
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-regex "^6.0.1"
+
 strip-dirs@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-dirs/-/strip-dirs-2.1.0.tgz#4987736264fc344cf20f6c34aca9d13d1d4ed6c5"
diff --git a/server/utils/MCP/hypervisor/index.js b/server/utils/MCP/hypervisor/index.js
index 7720bb976..07b0b8cdf 100644
--- a/server/utils/MCP/hypervisor/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/MCP/hypervisor/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const {
 const {
   StreamableHTTPClientTransport,
 } = require("@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js");
+const { patchShellEnvironmentPath } = require("../../helpers/shell");
 
 /**
  * @typedef {'stdio' | 'http' | 'sse'} MCPServerTypes
@@ -230,33 +231,6 @@ class MCPHypervisor {
     this.mcpLoadingResults = {};
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Load shell environment for desktop applications.
-   * MacOS and Linux don't inherit login shell environment. So this function
-   * fixes the PATH and accessible commands when running AnythingLLM outside of Docker during development on Mac/Linux and in-container (Linux).
-   * @returns {Promise<{[key: string]: string}>} - Environment variables from shell
-   */
-  async #loadShellEnvironment() {
-    try {
-      if (process.platform === "win32") return process.env;
-      const { default: fixPath } = await import("fix-path");
-      const { default: stripAnsi } = await import("strip-ansi");
-      fixPath();
-
-      // Due to node v20 requirement to have a minimum version of fix-path v5, we need to strip ANSI codes manually
-      // which was the only patch between v4 and v5. Here we just apply manually.
-      // https://github.com/sindresorhus/fix-path/issues/6
-      if (process.env.PATH) process.env.PATH = stripAnsi(process.env.PATH);
-      return process.env;
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn(
-        "Failed to load shell environment, using process.env:",
-        error.message
-      );
-      return process.env;
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Build the MCP server environment variables - ensures proper PATH and NODE_PATH
    * inheritance across all platforms and deployment scenarios.
@@ -264,7 +238,7 @@ class MCPHypervisor {
    * @returns {Promise<{env: { [key: string]: string } | {}}}> - The environment variables
    */
   async #buildMCPServerENV(server) {
-    const shellEnv = await this.#loadShellEnvironment();
+    const shellEnv = await patchShellEnvironmentPath();
     let baseEnv = {
       PATH:
         shellEnv.PATH ||
diff --git a/server/utils/helpers/shell.js b/server/utils/helpers/shell.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2030cbb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/helpers/shell.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Patch the shell environment path to ensure the PATH is properly set for the current platform.
+ * On Docker, we are on Node v18 and cannot support fix-path v5.
+ * So we need to use the ESM-style import() to import the fix-path module + add the strip-ansi call to patch the PATH, which is the only change between v4 and v5.
+ * https://github.com/sindresorhus/fix-path/issues/6
+ * @returns {Promise<{[key: string]: string}>} - Environment variables from shell
+ */
+async function patchShellEnvironmentPath() {
+  try {
+    if (process.platform === "win32") return process.env;
+    const { default: fixPath } = await import("fix-path");
+    const { default: stripAnsi } = await import("strip-ansi");
+    fixPath();
+    if (process.env.PATH) process.env.PATH = stripAnsi(process.env.PATH);
+    console.log("Shell environment path patched successfully.");
+    return process.env;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to patch shell environment path:", error);
+    return process.env;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  patchShellEnvironmentPath,
+};