diff --git a/src/markitdown/__about__.py b/src/markitdown/__about__.py
index a365900..d5c2ca5 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/__about__.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Adam Fourney <adamfo@microsoft.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "0.0.1a3"
+__version__ = "0.0.1a4"
diff --git a/src/markitdown/__main__.py b/src/markitdown/__main__.py
index 353be84..d213363 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/__main__.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/__main__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 import argparse
 import sys
+import shutil
 from textwrap import dedent
 from .__about__ import __version__
 from ._markitdown import MarkItDown, DocumentConverterResult
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("filename", nargs="?")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    which_exiftool = shutil.which("exiftool")
+
     if args.use_docintel:
         if args.endpoint is None:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -81,9 +84,9 @@ def main():
             )
         elif args.filename is None:
             raise ValueError("Filename is required when using Document Intelligence.")
-        markitdown = MarkItDown(docintel_endpoint=args.endpoint)
+        markitdown = MarkItDown(exiftool_path=which_exiftool, docintel_endpoint=args.endpoint)
     else:
-        markitdown = MarkItDown()
+        markitdown = MarkItDown(exiftool_path=which_exiftool)
 
     if args.filename is None:
         result = markitdown.convert_stream(sys.stdin.buffer)