diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91de0438..3815f6d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 - [Rust](https://github.com/moonrepo/tools/blob/master/tools/rust/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [Schema (TOML, JSON, YAML)](https://github.com/moonrepo/tools/blob/master/tools/internal-schema/CHANGELOG.md)
 
+## Unreleased
+
+#### 🐞 Fixes
+
+- Fixed an issue where the globals directory may not exist for the `pre_run` hook.
+- Fixed invalid Nushell syntax generated from `proto activate`.
+
 ## 0.43.1
 
 #### 🐞 Fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a1f368b4..f926762e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3680,9 +3680,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "starbase_shell"
-version = "0.6.6"
+version = "0.6.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b06f785e095de34294b82e5f81b3501734f9d5f8959a829c5d6b268e2a2db9f"
+checksum = "2d7e46a3a3138225aa6b2efa124bd7694ec55084efb010903ccb2621c1339f4f"
 dependencies = [
  "miette 7.4.0",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b88fe2a..37ba36da 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ starbase_archive = { version = "0.9.0", features = [
 ] }
 starbase_events = { version = "0.6.3" }
 starbase_sandbox = { version = "0.8.0" }
-starbase_shell = { version = "0.6.6", features = ["miette"] }
+starbase_shell = { version = "0.6.7", features = ["miette"] }
 starbase_styles = { version = "0.4.7" }
 starbase_utils = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "json",
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs
index 3a30fa97..7a3ea33e 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/run.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use proto_core::{detect_version, Id, ProtoError, Tool, UnresolvedVersionSpec};
 use proto_pdk_api::{ExecutableConfig, RunHook, RunHookResult};
 use proto_shim::exec_command_and_replace;
 use starbase::AppResult;
+use starbase_utils::fs;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::process::Command;
@@ -214,6 +215,11 @@ pub async fn run(session: ProtoSession, args: RunArgs) -> AppResult {
         let globals_dir = tool.locate_globals_dir().await?;
         let globals_prefix = tool.locate_globals_prefix().await?;
 
+        // Ensure directory exists as some tools require it
+        if let Some(dir) = &globals_dir {
+            let _ = fs::create_dir_all(dir);
+        }
+
         tool.plugin
             .call_func_with(
                 "pre_run",
diff --git a/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/activate_test__activate__supports_json_exports.snap b/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/activate_test__activate__supports_json_exports.snap
index 48edecfc..bc0cce88 100644
--- a/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/activate_test__activate__supports_json_exports.snap
+++ b/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/activate_test__activate__supports_json_exports.snap
@@ -9,17 +9,16 @@ def _proto_activate_hook [] {
 
   $data | get env | items { |k, v|
     if $v == null {
-        hide_env $k
+        hide-env $k
     } else {
         load-env { ($k): $v }
     }
   }
 
-  let path_list = $env.__ORIG_PATH | split row (char esep)
-
-  $data | get paths | reverse | each { |p|
-    let path_list = ($path_list | prepend $p)
-  }
+  let path_list = [
+    ...($data | get paths | default [])
+    ...($env.__ORIG_PATH | split row (char esep))
+  ];
 
   $env.PATH = ($path_list | uniq)
 }
diff --git a/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/outdated_test__outdated__updates_each_file_respectively.snap b/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/outdated_test__outdated__updates_each_file_respectively.snap
index 94883595..4c269668 100644
--- a/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/outdated_test__outdated__updates_each_file_respectively.snap
+++ b/crates/cli/tests/snapshots/outdated_test__outdated__updates_each_file_respectively.snap
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 source: crates/cli/tests/outdated_test.rs
-expression: "vec![fs::read_to_string(sandbox.path().join(\".proto/.prototools\")).unwrap(),\n    fs::read_to_string(sandbox.path().join(\"a/.prototools\")).unwrap(),\n    fs::read_to_string(sandbox.path().join(\"a/b/.prototools\")).unwrap(),]"
+expression: "vec![fs::read_to_string(sandbox.path().join(\".proto/.prototools\")).unwrap(),\nfs::read_to_string(sandbox.path().join(\"a/.prototools\")).unwrap(),\nfs::read_to_string(sandbox.path().join(\"a/b/.prototools\")).unwrap(),]"
 ---
 [
     "go = \"1.19.13\"\n",
     "node = \"19.9.0\"\n",
-    "npm = \"9.9.3\"\n",
+    "npm = \"9.9.4\"\n",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/core/src/proto.rs b/crates/core/src/proto.rs
index 5c257052..3e7b3453 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/proto.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/proto.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ pub struct ProtoEnvironment {
 impl ProtoEnvironment {
     pub fn new() -> miette::Result<Self> {
         let home = home_dir().ok_or(ProtoError::MissingHomeDir)?;
-        let root = path_var("PROTO_HOME").unwrap_or_else(|| home.join(".proto"));
+        let mut root = path_var("PROTO_HOME").unwrap_or_else(|| home.join(".proto"));
+
+        if let Ok(rel_root) = root.strip_prefix("~") {
+            root = home.join(rel_root);
+        }
 
         Self::from(root, home)
     }