diff --git a/src/servers/plugins/schema.ts b/src/servers/plugins/schema.ts
index bf3243f7..e9b86557 100644
--- a/src/servers/plugins/schema.ts
+++ b/src/servers/plugins/schema.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,21 @@ export default defineConfig({
     writeFileSync(configPath, config);
 
     // `generate`, never `push`. See the note above this function.
-    const generated = await runLogged(['bunx', 'drizzle-kit', 'generate', `--config=${basename(configPath)}`], {
+    //
+    // Invoked through THIS process's own bun and drizzle-kit's bin symlink, never through `bunx`. A
+    // member's install failed with `Executable not found in $PATH: "bunx"` — the platform runs under PM2
+    // with a PATH that has `bun` and not `bunx`, which is a normal way for a service to be started and
+    // not something an install should depend on. `process.execPath` is the interpreter already running,
+    // so it cannot be missing, and `node_modules/.bin/drizzle-kit` is a path rather than a lookup.
+    const cli = join(PLATFORM_DIR, 'node_modules/.bin/drizzle-kit');
+    if (!existsSync(cli)) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        ms: Date.now() - started,
+        output: `drizzle-kit is not installed at ${cli} — run \`bun install\` in the platform directory`,
+      };
+    }
+    const generated = await runLogged([process.execPath, cli, 'generate', `--config=${basename(configPath)}`], {
       cwd: dbDir,
       onLog,
     });