diff --git a/templates/with-cloudflare-d1/src/payload.config.ts b/templates/with-cloudflare-d1/src/payload.config.ts
index da3d5fef44a..d0b30d36a7b 100644
--- a/templates/with-cloudflare-d1/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/with-cloudflare-d1/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
 const realpath = (value: string) => (fs.existsSync(value) ? fs.realpathSync(value) : undefined)
 
-const isCLI = process.argv.some((value) => realpath(value).endsWith(path.join('payload', 'bin.js')))
+const isCLI = process.argv.some((value) => realpath(value)?.endsWith(path.join('payload', 'bin.js')))
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 
 const createLog =