diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs
index 85184e212..cb3b934ba 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs
@@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ pub async fn run(args: ArgsRef<RunArgs>) -> SystemResult {
 
     // Determine the binary path to execute
     let exe_config = get_executable(&tool, args)?;
+    let exe_path = exe_config.exe_path.as_ref().unwrap();
 
-    debug!(bin = ?exe_config.exe_path, args = ?args.passthrough, "Running {}", tool.get_name());
+    debug!(bin = ?exe_path, args = ?args.passthrough, "Running {}", tool.get_name());
 
     // Run before hook
     tool.run_hook("pre_run", || RunHook {
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ pub async fn run(args: ArgsRef<RunArgs>) -> SystemResult {
         )
         .env(
             format!("{}_BIN", tool.get_env_var_prefix()),
-            exe_config.exe_path.unwrap().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+            exe_path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
         )
         .spawn()
         .into_diagnostic()?
diff --git a/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs b/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs
index 4ca8f5c7b..db493cbc7 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub async fn detect_version(
             if let Some(local_version) = config.tools.get(&tool.id) {
                 debug!(
                     tool = tool.id.as_str(),
-                    version = ?local_version,
+                    version = local_version.to_string(),
                     file = ?config.path,
                     "Detected version from .prototools file",
                 );
diff --git a/crates/pdk-api/src/api.rs b/crates/pdk-api/src/api.rs
index 2e39217d4..d378550b9 100644
--- a/crates/pdk-api/src/api.rs
+++ b/crates/pdk-api/src/api.rs
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ json_struct!(
         pub no_shim: bool,
 
         /// The parent executable name required to execute the local executable path.
+        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         pub parent_exe_name: Option<String>,
 
         /// Custom args to prepend to user-provided args within the generated shim.