diff --git a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.instrumentation.renovate.sh b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.instrumentation.renovate.sh
index 28a9ddbb9..a2d465981 100755
--- a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.instrumentation.renovate.sh
+++ b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.instrumentation.renovate.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/false
 
 if _otel_string_contains "$(_otel_resolve_command_self)" /usr/local/bin/renovate || _otel_string_contains "$(_otel_resolve_command_self)" /usr/local/sbin/renovate; then # renovate looks at some very specific env vars to enable tracing
-  export OTEL_SHELL_CONFIG_INJECT_DEEP=TRUE
-  export OTEL_SHELL_CONFIG_INSTRUMENT_ABSOLUTE_PATHS=TRUE
-  export OTEL_BSP_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE=1
-  if _otel_string_contains "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" console; then export RENOVATE_TRACING_CONSOLE_EXPORTER=true; fi
+  \export OTEL_SHELL_CONFIG_INJECT_DEEP=TRUE
+  \export OTEL_SHELL_CONFIG_INSTRUMENT_ABSOLUTE_PATHS=TRUE
+  \export OTEL_BSP_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE=1
+  if _otel_string_contains "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" console; then \export RENOVATE_TRACING_CONSOLE_EXPORTER=true; fi
   if \[ -z "$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT" ] && ( _otel_string_contains "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" otlp || \[ -z "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" ] ); then
     if \[ -n "$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT" ]; then
       if _otel_string_ends_with "$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT" /v1/traces; then
-        export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="${OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT%/v1/traces}"
+        \export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="${OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT%/v1/traces}"
       fi
     else
-      export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4318
+      \export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4318
     fi
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.sh b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.sh
index bf19751c0..e21f6933e 100755
--- a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.sh
+++ b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/agent.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ _otel_auto_instrument() {
   # special instrumentations
   _otel_alias_prepend alias _otel_alias_and_instrument
   _otel_alias_prepend unalias _otel_unalias_and_reinstrument
-  _otel_alias_prepend hash _otel_hash_and_reinstrument
+  if \type hash 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
+    _otel_alias_prepend hash _otel_hash_and_reinstrument
+  fi
+  _otel_alias_prepend export _otel_export_PATH_and_reinstrument
   _otel_alias_prepend . _otel_instrument_and_source
   if \[ "$_otel_shell" = bash ]; then _otel_alias_prepend source _otel_instrument_and_source; fi
 
@@ -345,6 +348,25 @@ _otel_hash_and_reinstrument() {
   return "$exit_code"
 }
 
+_otel_export_PATH_and_reinstrument() {
+  shift
+  local exit_code=0
+  \export "$@" || local exit_code="$?"
+  if \[ "$1" = PATH ] || _otel_string_starts_with "$1" PATH=; then
+    local aliases_pre="$(\mktemp)"
+    local aliases_new="$(\mktemp)"
+    \alias | \sed 's/^alias //' | \awk '{print "\\alias " $0 }' > "$aliases_pre"
+    \unalias -a
+    _otel_auto_instrument "$_otel_shell_auto_instrumentation_hint"
+    \alias | \sed 's/^alias //' | \awk '{print "\\alias " $0 }' > "$aliases_new"
+    \unalias -a
+    \. "$aliases_pre"
+    \. "$aliases_new"
+    \rm "$aliases_pre" "$aliases_new"
+  fi
+  return "$exit_code"
+}
+
 _otel_instrument_and_source() {
   local n="$1"
   shift
@@ -356,11 +378,11 @@ _otel_instrument_and_source() {
 
 _otel_inject_and_exec_directly() { # this function assumes there is no fd fuckery
   if \[ "$#" = 1 ]; then
-    export OTEL_SHELL_CONSERVATIVE_EXEC=TRUE
+    \export OTEL_SHELL_CONSERVATIVE_EXEC=TRUE
     _otel_sdk_communicate 'SPAN_AUTO_END'
     if \[ -n "$_otel_commandline_override" ]; then
-      export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE="$_otel_commandline_override"
-      export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE="$PPID"
+      \export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE="$_otel_commandline_override"
+      \export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE="$PPID"
     fi
     \eval '"exec"' "$(\xargs -0 sh -c '. otelapi.sh; _otel_escape_args "$@"' sh < /proc/$$/cmdline)"
   fi
@@ -372,10 +394,10 @@ _otel_inject_and_exec_directly() { # this function assumes there is no fd fucker
   otel_span_end "$span_id"
   _otel_sdk_communicate 'SPAN_AUTO_END'
   
-  export TRACEPARENT="$my_traceparent"
-  export OTEL_SHELL_AUTO_INJECTED=TRUE
-  export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE="$(_otel_command_self)"
-  export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE="$PPID"
+  \export TRACEPARENT="$my_traceparent"
+  \export OTEL_SHELL_AUTO_INJECTED=TRUE
+  \export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE="$(_otel_command_self)"
+  \export OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE="$PPID"
   shift
   \exec sh -c '. otel.sh
 eval "$(_otel_escape_args "$@")"' sh "$@"
@@ -411,7 +433,7 @@ _otel_record_exec() {
   otel_span_deactivate "$span_id"
   otel_span_end "$span_id"
   _otel_sdk_communicate 'SPAN_AUTO_END'
-  export TRACEPARENT="$my_traceparent"
+  \export TRACEPARENT="$my_traceparent"
 }
 
 command() {
diff --git a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/api.sh b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/api.sh
index 04ff5b2fe..657830889 100755
--- a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/api.sh
+++ b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/api.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 # translate legacy config
 if \[ -n "$OTEL_SHELL_TRACES_ENABLE" ] || \[ -n "$OTEL_SHELL_METRICS_ENABLE" ] || \[ -n "$OTEL_SHELL_LOGS_ENABLE" ]; then
-  \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_TRACES_ENABLE" = TRUE ] && export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp || export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=""
-  \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_METRICS_ENABLE" = TRUE ] && export OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=otlp || export OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=""
-  \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_LOGS_ENABLE" = TRUE ] && export OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp || export OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=""
-  export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE=delta
+  \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_TRACES_ENABLE" = TRUE ] && \export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp || \export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=""
+  \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_METRICS_ENABLE" = TRUE ] && \export OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=otlp || \export OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=""
+  \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_LOGS_ENABLE" = TRUE ] && \export OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp || \export OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=""
+  \export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE=delta
 fi
 
 # check environment
@@ -206,18 +206,18 @@ otel_span_traceparent() {
 
 otel_span_activate() {
   local span_handle="$1"
-  export TRACEPARENT_STACK="$TRACEPARENT/$TRACEPARENT_STACK"
-  export TRACEPARENT="$(otel_span_traceparent "$span_handle")"
-  if \[ -z "$TRACESTATE" ]; then export TRACESTATE=""; fi
+  \export TRACEPARENT_STACK="$TRACEPARENT/$TRACEPARENT_STACK"
+  \export TRACEPARENT="$(otel_span_traceparent "$span_handle")"
+  if \[ -z "$TRACESTATE" ]; then \export TRACESTATE=""; fi
 }
 
 otel_span_deactivate() {
   if _otel_string_contains "$TRACEPARENT_STACK" /; then
-    export TRACEPARENT="${TRACEPARENT_STACK%%/*}"
-    export TRACEPARENT_STACK="${TRACEPARENT_STACK#*/}"
+    \export TRACEPARENT="${TRACEPARENT_STACK%%/*}"
+    \export TRACEPARENT_STACK="${TRACEPARENT_STACK#*/}"
   else
-    export TRACEPARENT="$TRACEPARENT_STACK"
-    export TRACEPARENT_STACK=""
+    \export TRACEPARENT="$TRACEPARENT_STACK"
+    \export TRACEPARENT_STACK=""
   fi
   if \[ -z "$TRACEPARENT" ]; then
     unset TRACEPARENT_STACK
diff --git a/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_python.shell b/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_python.shell
index 7c0a9a71d..dcb5a4678 100755
--- a/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_python.shell
+++ b/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_python.shell
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ requests.get("http://example.com/baz")
 ' > script.py
 python3 script.py | grep -v -F '"parent_id": null,' | grep -- '/baz' || exit 1
 
-\[ "$SHELL" = bash ] || exit 0 # TODO dashes on debian:stable (not oldstable, not testing or newer) seem to have a bug and not re-hash commands properly and therefore not reinstrument properly.
-
 dir=$(mktemp -d)
 python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "$dir"/venv || exit 1
 . "$dir"/venv/bin/activate