diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/.fallowrc.json b/packages/browseros-agent/.fallowrc.json
index b2cf34797..02dbebd41 100644
--- a/packages/browseros-agent/.fallowrc.json
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/.fallowrc.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fallow-rs/fallow/main/schema.json",
   "entry": [
     "apps/server/src/index.ts",
+    "apps/server/src/compiled-bootstrap.ts",
     "apps/agent/entrypoints/app/main.tsx",
     "apps/agent/entrypoints/sidepanel/main.tsx",
     "apps/agent/entrypoints/background/index.ts",
diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/compiled-bootstrap.ts b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/compiled-bootstrap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c488a5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/compiled-bootstrap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { installNativeAddonGuard } from './lib/native-addon-guard'
+
+installNativeAddonGuard()
+await import('./index')
diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/index.ts b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/index.ts
index 9eb2be49e..48990b3db 100755
--- a/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * BrowserOS Server - Entry Point
  */
 
-// Runtime check for Bun
 if (typeof Bun === 'undefined') {
   console.error('Error: This application requires Bun runtime.')
   console.error(
@@ -23,22 +22,6 @@ import { loadServerConfig } from './config'
 import { isPortInUseError } from './lib/port-binding'
 import { Sentry } from './lib/sentry'
 import { Application } from './main'
-import { VERSION } from './version'
-
-/** Handles app flags passed after Bun's compiled-runtime separator. */
-function isCompiledVersionRequest(argv: string[]): boolean {
-  return (
-    process.execArgv.includes('--no-addons') &&
-    argv.length === 4 &&
-    argv[2] === '--' &&
-    argv[3] === '--version'
-  )
-}
-
-if (isCompiledVersionRequest(process.argv)) {
-  console.log(VERSION)
-  process.exit(0)
-}
 
 const configResult = loadServerConfig()
 
diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/lib/native-addon-guard.ts b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/lib/native-addon-guard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a2f20622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/src/lib/native-addon-guard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const NATIVE_ADDON_DISABLED_MESSAGE =
+  'BrowserOS server disables native addon loading in compiled production builds'
+
+interface GuardedProcess extends NodeJS.Process {
+  __browserosNativeAddonGuardInstalled?: boolean
+}
+
+/** Blocks native addons before Bun can extract bundled `.node` files. */
+export function installNativeAddonGuard(): void {
+  const guardedProcess = process as GuardedProcess
+  if (guardedProcess.__browserosNativeAddonGuardInstalled) return
+
+  const guard: NodeJS.Process['dlopen'] = () => {
+    throw new Error(NATIVE_ADDON_DISABLED_MESSAGE)
+  }
+
+  process.dlopen = guard
+  guardedProcess.__browserosNativeAddonGuardInstalled = true
+}
diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/tests/build.test.ts b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/tests/build.test.ts
index 3f991ec6d..74d4b4b41 100644
--- a/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/tests/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/apps/server/tests/build.test.ts
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ describe('server build', () => {
       assert.fail(`Build failed (exit ${buildExit}):\n${stderr}`)
     }
 
-    // Embedded Bun exec argv consumes bare runtime-looking flags.
-    const proc = Bun.spawn([binaryPath, '--', '--version'], {
+    const proc = Bun.spawn([binaryPath, '--version'], {
       stdout: 'pipe',
       stderr: 'pipe',
     })
@@ -152,7 +151,9 @@ describe('server build', () => {
       0,
       `Binary --version exited non-zero:\n${versionStderr}`,
     )
-    assert.strictEqual(versionOutput.trim(), expectedVersion)
+    const actualVersion = versionOutput.trim()
+    assert.strictEqual(actualVersion, expectedVersion)
+    assert.notStrictEqual(actualVersion, Bun.version)
   }, 300_000)
 
   it('archives CI builds without R2 config or production env secrets', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/compile.ts b/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/compile.ts
index 4db29724c..28cccf370 100644
--- a/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/compile.ts
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/compile.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import type { BuildTarget, CompiledServerBinary } from './types'
 const DIST_PROD_ROOT = 'dist/prod/server'
 const TMP_ROOT = join(DIST_PROD_ROOT, '.tmp')
 const BUNDLE_DIR = join(TMP_ROOT, 'bundle')
-const BUNDLE_ENTRY = join(BUNDLE_DIR, 'index.js')
+const BUNDLE_ENTRY = join(BUNDLE_DIR, 'compiled-bootstrap.js')
 const BINARIES_DIR = join(TMP_ROOT, 'binaries')
 
-// Bun embeds native addons by extracting hidden temp `.node` files at runtime.
-export const COMPILED_SERVER_EXEC_ARGV = ['--no-addons']
+export const SERVER_BUNDLE_ENTRYPOINT = 'apps/server/src/compiled-bootstrap.ts'
 
 function compiledBinaryPath(target: BuildTarget): string {
   return join(
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ async function bundleServer(
   mkdirSync(BUNDLE_DIR, { recursive: true })
 
   const result = await Bun.build({
-    entrypoints: ['apps/server/src/index.ts'],
+    entrypoints: [SERVER_BUNDLE_ENTRYPOINT],
     outdir: BUNDLE_DIR,
     target: 'bun',
     minify: true,
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ async function compileTarget(
     '--outfile',
     binaryPath,
     `--target=${target.bunTarget}`,
-    `--compile-exec-argv=${COMPILED_SERVER_EXEC_ARGV.join(' ')}`,
     '--external=node-pty',
   ]
   await runCommand('bun', args, env)
diff --git a/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/native-addon-policy.test.ts b/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/native-addon-policy.test.ts
index 02e86b8c9..2c3ae1bda 100644
--- a/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/native-addon-policy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browseros-agent/scripts/build/server/native-addon-policy.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test'
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readdir, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 
-import { COMPILED_SERVER_EXEC_ARGV } from './compile'
+import { SERVER_BUNDLE_ENTRYPOINT } from './compile'
+
+const nativeAddonGuardPath = join(
+  process.cwd(),
+  'apps/server/src/lib/native-addon-guard.ts',
+)
 
 describe('compiled server native addon policy', () => {
   let tempDir: string | null = null
@@ -15,8 +20,34 @@ describe('compiled server native addon policy', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('bakes native-addon loading disablement into compiled server binaries', () => {
-    expect(COMPILED_SERVER_EXEC_ARGV).toContain('--no-addons')
+  it('bundles the compiled bootstrap entrypoint', () => {
+    expect(SERVER_BUNDLE_ENTRYPOINT).toBe(
+      'apps/server/src/compiled-bootstrap.ts',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('installs the native-addon guard idempotently', async () => {
+    tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'browseros-native-addon-policy-'))
+    const sourcePath = join(tempDir, 'idempotent.ts')
+    await writeFile(
+      sourcePath,
+      [
+        `import { installNativeAddonGuard } from ${JSON.stringify(nativeAddonGuardPath)}`,
+        'installNativeAddonGuard()',
+        'const guarded = process.dlopen',
+        'installNativeAddonGuard()',
+        'console.log(String(process.dlopen === guarded))',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    )
+
+    const result = await collectProcess(
+      Bun.spawn(['bun', sourcePath], {
+        stdout: 'pipe',
+        stderr: 'pipe',
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ exitCode: 0, stdout: 'true\n' })
   })
 
   it('prevents Bun from opening hidden temp native addons', async () => {
@@ -32,6 +63,8 @@ describe('compiled server native addon policy', () => {
     await writeFile(
       sourcePath,
       [
+        `import { installNativeAddonGuard } from ${JSON.stringify(nativeAddonGuardPath)}`,
+        'installNativeAddonGuard()',
         'try {',
         '  require("./addon.node")',
         '} catch (error) {',
@@ -42,15 +75,7 @@ describe('compiled server native addon policy', () => {
     )
 
     const build = Bun.spawn(
-      [
-        'bun',
-        'build',
-        '--compile',
-        `--compile-exec-argv=${COMPILED_SERVER_EXEC_ARGV.join(' ')}`,
-        sourcePath,
-        '--outfile',
-        binaryPath,
-      ],
+      ['bun', 'build', '--compile', sourcePath, '--outfile', binaryPath],
       {
         stdout: 'pipe',
         stderr: 'pipe',
@@ -85,8 +110,9 @@ describe('compiled server native addon policy', () => {
     const appResult = await collectProcess(app)
 
     expect(appResult.stderr).toContain(
-      'Cannot load native addon because loading addons is disabled',
+      'BrowserOS server disables native addon loading in compiled production builds',
     )
+    expect(await listFiles(runTmpDir)).toEqual([])
     expect(openFiles.stdout).not.toContain('.node')
   })
 })
@@ -106,3 +132,8 @@ async function collectProcess(process: CollectableProcess) {
 
   return { stdout, stderr, exitCode }
 }
+
+async function listFiles(dir: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  const entries = await readdir(dir, { recursive: true })
+  return entries.map(String).sort()
+}