diff --git a/packages/@n8n/task-runner-python/justfile b/packages/@n8n/task-runner-python/justfile
index 7cc12c6e085..338af720f82 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/task-runner-python/justfile
+++ b/packages/@n8n/task-runner-python/justfile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ check:
     just format-check
     just typecheck
 
-run:
-    uv run python -m src.main
-
 sync:
     uv sync --group dev
 
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ debug:
     for i in {1..30}; do
         GRANT_TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5679/runners/auth -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"token":"test"}' | jq -r '.data.token')
         if [ -n "$GRANT_TOKEN" ] && [ "$GRANT_TOKEN" != "null" ]; then
-            N8N_RUNNERS_GRANT_TOKEN="$GRANT_TOKEN" just run
+            PYTHONPATH="{{justfile_directory()}}" N8N_RUNNERS_GRANT_TOKEN="$GRANT_TOKEN" uv run python src/main.py
             exit 0
         fi
         [ $i -eq 1 ] && echo "Waiting for n8n task broker server at http://127.0.0.1:5679..."
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/task-runner/package.json b/packages/@n8n/task-runner/package.json
index fab180737e7..d7a23f4fe99 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/task-runner/package.json
+++ b/packages/@n8n/task-runner/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf dist .turbo",
     "start": "node dist/start.js",
     "dev": "pnpm build && pnpm start",
+    "debug": "./scripts/debug.sh",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "build": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.build.json && tsc-alias -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "format": "biome format --write src",
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/task-runner/scripts/debug.sh b/packages/@n8n/task-runner/scripts/debug.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3bfe9a0b3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@n8n/task-runner/scripts/debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# For debugging only, start the runner with a manually fetched grant token. If no broker, wait until available.
+
+for i in {1..30}; do
+    GRANT_TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5679/runners/auth -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"token":"test"}' | jq -r '.data.token')
+    if [ -n "$GRANT_TOKEN" ] && [ "$GRANT_TOKEN" != "null" ]; then
+        N8N_RUNNERS_GRANT_TOKEN="$GRANT_TOKEN" pnpm start
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    [ $i -eq 1 ] && echo "Waiting for n8n task broker server at http://127.0.0.1:5679..."
+    sleep 1
+done
+echo "Error: Could not connect to n8n task broker server after 30 seconds"
+exit 1