diff --git a/projects/npmjs.com/npm-shim b/projects/npmjs.com/npx-shim
similarity index 74%
rename from projects/npmjs.com/npm-shim
rename to projects/npmjs.com/npx-shim
index cfd460f4..7a66d8cc 100755
--- a/projects/npmjs.com/npm-shim
+++ b/projects/npmjs.com/npx-shim
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # FIXME a patch to npm here then upstream would be preferable
 mkdir -p ~/.local/lib
 
-d="$(cd "$(dirname $0)"/.. && pwd)"
-"$d"/tbin/npx "$@"
+d="$(cd "$(dirname $0)" && pwd)"
+"$d"/npm exec "$@"
 
 # ※ https://github.com/teaxyz/cli/issues/532
diff --git a/projects/npmjs.com/package.yml b/projects/npmjs.com/package.yml
index fec46ca7..cf93f6c9 100644
--- a/projects/npmjs.com/package.yml
+++ b/projects/npmjs.com/package.yml
@@ -26,15 +26,19 @@ build:
     # configures npm to install to ~/.local
     - mv props/npmrc {{prefix}}/lib/node_modules/npm
 
-    # our shim fixes a bug where npm doesn’t work if ~/.local/lib doesn’t exist
+    # our shim fixes a bug where npx doesn’t work if ~/.local/lib doesn’t exist
     - run: |
-        mv ../bin/npm .
-        mv $SRCROOT/props/npm-shim ../bin/npm
+        rm npx
+        mv $SRCROOT/props/npx-shim npx
       working-directory:
-        ${{prefix}}/tbin
+        ${{prefix}}/bin
 
-test: |
-  npm install --global cowsay
-  $HOME/.local/bin/cowsay xyz.tea.hi
+test:
+  # doing first to test our shim works as expected
+  - npx -qy tldr ls
+
+  - npm install --global cowsay
+
+  # verify install location is as we configure it
+  - $HOME/.local/bin/cowsay xyz.tea.hi
 
-  npx -qy tldr ls