diff --git a/src/normalize.ts b/src/normalize.ts
index 619eb99..2931f29 100644
--- a/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/src/normalize.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {getPathFromEnv} from './env.js';
 
 // See http://www.robvanderwoude.com/escapechars.php
 const metaCharsRegExp = /([()\][%!^"`<>&|;, *?])/g;
-const shebangRegExp = /^#!\s*(.+)$/;
+const shebangRegExp = /^#!\s*(.+)/;
 const isWindowsExecutableRegExp = /\.(?:com|exe)$/i;
 const isNodeModulesCmdRegExp = /node_modules[\\/]\.bin[\\/][^\\/]+\.cmd$/i;
 const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
diff --git a/src/test/normalize_test.ts b/src/test/normalize_test.ts
index fbc36ba..cd52bbc 100644
--- a/src/test/normalize_test.ts
+++ b/src/test/normalize_test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
 const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32';
 const fixturesPath = path.join(
   path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
-  '../test/fixtures'
+  '../../test/fixtures'
 );
 const cwd = process.cwd();
 
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ describe('normalizeSpawnCommand', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    test('detects shebang and rewrites command to interpreter', () => {
+      const scriptPath = path.join(fixturesPath, 'shebang_script.js');
+      const normalized = normalizeSpawnCommand(scriptPath, []);
+
+      // where resolves to where.exe (always a .exe in System32, never a
+      // shim), so the cmd.exe wrapping branch is skipped
+      expect(normalized.command).toBe('where');
+      expect(normalized.args).toEqual([scriptPath]);
+    });
+
     test('handles relative commands without extension', () => {
       const relativePath = path.relative(
         cwd,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/shebang_script.js b/test/fixtures/shebang_script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3763eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/shebang_script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!where
+not a real script, just used to verify shebang parsing