diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-falcons-fix.md b/.changeset/hungry-falcons-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84532f9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-falcons-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@trigger.dev/core": patch
+---
+
+fix: run metadata not working when using npx/pnpm dlx
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/runMetadata/index.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/runMetadata/index.ts
index 0c50370a7..178497245 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/runMetadata/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/runMetadata/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { DeserializedJson } from "../../schemas/json.js";
 import { apiClientManager } from "../apiClientManager-api.js";
 import { taskContext } from "../task-context-api.js";
+import { getGlobal, registerGlobal } from "../utils/globals.js";
 import { ApiRequestOptions } from "../zodfetch.js";
 
+const API_NAME = "run-metadata";
+
 export class RunMetadataAPI {
   private static _instance?: RunMetadataAPI;
-  private store: Record<string, DeserializedJson> | undefined;
 
   private constructor() {}
 
@@ -17,8 +19,16 @@ export class RunMetadataAPI {
     return this._instance;
   }
 
+  get store(): Record<string, DeserializedJson> | undefined {
+    return getGlobal(API_NAME);
+  }
+
+  set store(value: Record<string, DeserializedJson> | undefined) {
+    registerGlobal(API_NAME, value, true);
+  }
+
   public enterWithMetadata(metadata: Record<string, DeserializedJson>): void {
-    this.store = metadata;
+    registerGlobal(API_NAME, metadata);
   }
 
   public current(): Record<string, DeserializedJson> | undefined {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/utils/globals.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/utils/globals.ts
index 39e17bb3c..f9124bdc8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/utils/globals.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/utils/globals.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DeserializedJson } from "../../schemas/json.js";
 import { ApiClientConfiguration } from "../apiClientManager/types.js";
 import { Clock } from "../clock/clock.js";
 import type { RuntimeManager } from "../runtime/manager.js";
@@ -54,4 +55,5 @@ type TriggerDotDevGlobalAPI = {
   ["task-catalog"]?: TaskCatalog;
   ["task-context"]?: TaskContext;
   ["api-client"]?: ApiClientConfiguration;
+  ["run-metadata"]?: Record<string, DeserializedJson>;
 };
diff --git a/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/runMetadata.ts b/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/runMetadata.ts
index e4f5dd880..690935da1 100644
--- a/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/runMetadata.ts
+++ b/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/runMetadata.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export const runMetadataTask = task({
 export const runMetadataChildTask = task({
   id: "run-metadata-child-task",
   run: async (payload: any, { ctx }) => {
+    logger.info("metadata", { metadata: metadata.current() });
+
     await metadata.set("child", "task");
 
     logger.info("metadata", { metadata: metadata.current() });