diff --git a/bench/cli.py b/bench/cli.py
index 215d47cd1..d7a9b4cc4 100755
--- a/bench/cli.py
+++ b/bench/cli.py
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ def cli():
 			bench_command()
 
 	if in_bench:
-		if cmd_from_sys in get_frappe_commands():
-			frappe_cmd()
-		else:
-			app_cmd()
+		frappe_cmd()
 
 	bench_command()
 
diff --git a/bench/utils/bench.py b/bench/utils/bench.py
index 701e37804..9eba296a7 100644
--- a/bench/utils/bench.py
+++ b/bench/utils/bench.py
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 def get_env_cmd(cmd: str, bench_path: str = ".") -> str:
-	# this supports envs' generated by patched virtualenv or venv (which may cause an extra 'local' folder to be created)
+	exact_location = os.path.abspath(
+		os.path.join(bench_path, "env", "bin", cmd.strip("*"))
+	)
+	if os.path.exists(exact_location):
+		return exact_location
 
+	# this supports envs' generated by patched virtualenv or venv (which may cause an extra 'local' folder to be created)
 	existing_python_bins = glob(
 		os.path.join(bench_path, "env", "**", "bin", cmd), recursive=True
 	)
@@ -41,8 +46,7 @@ def get_env_cmd(cmd: str, bench_path: str = ".") -> str:
 	if existing_python_bins:
 		return os.path.abspath(existing_python_bins[0])
 
-	cmd = cmd.strip("*")
-	return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(bench_path, "env", "bin", cmd))
+	return exact_location
 
 
 def get_venv_path(verbose=False, python="python3"):