diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/index.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/index.ts
index 604b074ac0..50543c67e1 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/index.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,49 @@ export function getCLIPath(testingWithLatestCodebase = false) {
     console.log('Resolving CLI path to present executable:', process.platform === 'win32' ? 'amplify.exe' : 'amplify');
     return process.platform === 'win32' ? 'amplify.exe' : 'amplify';
   }
+
+  console.log('\n[DEBUG] Inspecting directory structure from root:');
+  
+  // Get the absolute path
   const amplifyScriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'node_modules', 'amplify-cli-internal', 'bin', 'amplify');
+  const absolutePath = path.resolve(amplifyScriptPath);
+  
+  // Split the path into components
+  const pathParts = absolutePath.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+  
+  // Build up the path piece by piece from root and inspect each level
+  let currentPath = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'C:\\' : '/'; // Start at root
+  console.log(`[DEBUG] Root (${currentPath}):`);
+  try {
+    const rootContents = fs.readdirSync(currentPath);
+    console.log('[DEBUG]   Contents:', rootContents);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('[DEBUG]   ⚠️ Cannot read root directory:', err.message);
+  }
+
+  // Inspect each level of the path
+  for (const part of pathParts) {
+    currentPath = path.join(currentPath, part);
+    console.log(`\n[DEBUG] ${part} (${currentPath}):`);
+    
+    try {
+      if (fs.existsSync(currentPath)) {
+        const contents = fs.readdirSync(currentPath);
+        console.log('[DEBUG]   ✓ Directory exists');
+        console.log('[DEBUG]   Contents:', contents);
+      } else {
+        console.log('[DEBUG]   ✗ Directory does not exist');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.log('[DEBUG]   ⚠️ Cannot read directory:', err.message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('\n[DEBUG] Final path check:');
+  console.log('[DEBUG] Expected path:', amplifyScriptPath);
+  console.log('[DEBUG] Absolute path:', absolutePath);
+  console.log('[DEBUG] Path exists:', fs.existsSync(absolutePath) ? '✓' : '✗');
+  
   console.log('Resolving CLI Path to source code:', amplifyScriptPath);
   return amplifyScriptPath;
 }
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/init/initProjectHelper.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/init/initProjectHelper.ts
index 89cd6af05d..7767e9b880 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/init/initProjectHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/init/initProjectHelper.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function initJSProjectWithProfile(cwd: string, settings?: Partial<typeof
   if (s?.name?.length > 20) console.warn('Project names should not be longer than 20 characters. This may cause tests to break.');
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const chain = spawn(getCLIPath(), cliArgs, {
+    const chain = spawn(getCLIPath(true), cliArgs, {
       cwd,
       stripColors: true,
       env,
diff --git a/shared-scripts.sh b/shared-scripts.sh
index 14f0005ede..06a4cbc5ed 100755
--- a/shared-scripts.sh
+++ b/shared-scripts.sh
@@ -208,7 +208,19 @@ function _installCLIFromLocalRegistry {
     npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 30000
     npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 180000
     npm config set maxsockets 1
-    npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli-internal
+    # Global installation commented out in favor of local installation
+    # npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli-internal
+    
+    # Local installation in CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    echo "Debug: CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR value is: $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR"
+    echo "Debug: Checking if directory exists:"
+    ls -la $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR || echo "Directory does not exist!"
+    
+    cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    # Initialize package.json if it doesn't exist
+    [ ! -f "package.json" ] && npm init -y
+    npm install @aws-amplify/cli-internal --save
+    
     echo "using Amplify CLI version: "$(amplify --version)
     npm list -g --depth=1 | grep -e '@aws-amplify/amplify-category-api' -e 'amplify-codegen'
     unsetNpmRegistryUrl