diff --git a/igneum-pow/src/emit.rs b/igneum-pow/src/emit.rs
index 1d2a18720..fb5ed7d14 100644
--- a/igneum-pow/src/emit.rs
+++ b/igneum-pow/src/emit.rs
@@ -2701,10 +2701,16 @@ pub fn export_pack(epoch: &Epoch, day: &str, source: &str) -> Pack {
         (ds.geom.words as u128) * 4,
         hashes.join(",\n")
     );
+    // the pack's file order as the pinned packs carry it, identity.json second
+    let mut texts = texts.into_iter();
+    let kernel_cu = texts.next().unwrap();
+    let kernel_cl = texts.next().unwrap();
     let mut files = vec![
         ("program.json".to_string(), program_json(p, day, ds)),
         ("identity.json".to_string(), identity),
         ("vectors.json".to_string(), vectors_json_geom(p, day, geom, &bases, &outs, &v, source, is_mh)),
+        kernel_cu,
+        kernel_cl,
         ("program.h".to_string(), program_header(p, day, ds)),
         ("vectors.h".to_string(), vectors_header(p, &bases, &outs, &v, mask, source, is_mh)),
     ];
diff --git a/igneum-pow/tests/packs.rs b/igneum-pow/tests/packs.rs
index 40451792f..cd872c6a5 100644
--- a/igneum-pow/tests/packs.rs
+++ b/igneum-pow/tests/packs.rs
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ fn era_emitted_sources_match_and_loads_have_the_era_form() {
             .filter(|n| !n.starts_with('.') && n != "seeds.txt")
             .collect();
         on_disk.sort();
-        let mut want: Vec<String> = out.files.iter().map(|(n, _)| n.clone()).collect();
+        let mut want: Vec<String> = out.files.iter().map(|(n, _)| n.clone()).filter(|n| n != "identity.json").collect();
         want.sort();
         assert_eq!(on_disk, want, "{pack}: the pack holds the export's files and seeds.txt only");
         let era = e.program.class.era.unwrap();