diff --git a/sim/difficulty/records/testnet-v2-2026-10-04.schedule.log b/sim/difficulty/records/testnet-v2-2026-10-04.schedule.log
index 8982238e..2da300e9 100644
--- a/sim/difficulty/records/testnet-v2-2026-10-04.schedule.log
+++ b/sim/difficulty/records/testnet-v2-2026-10-04.schedule.log
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-12:30:45 start minutes=28 join=4 leave=19 rejoin=23 activation=900 genesis_bits=0x1f010000 bin=/Users/joshm/Projects/igneum/vendor/igneum-node-v4/target/release
+12:30:45 start minutes=28 join=4 leave=19 rejoin=23 activation=900 genesis_bits=0x1f010000 bin=~/Projects/igneum/vendor/igneum-node-v4/target/release
 12:30:45 node1 pid 54771 gRPC 29600 override override-v2.json
 12:30:46 node2 pid 54782 gRPC 29610 override override-v2.json
 12:30:46 node3 pid 54783 gRPC 29620 override override-v1.json
diff --git a/tools/ci/identity-check.sh b/tools/ci/identity-check.sh
index 2c8170e5..0fd71b50 100755
--- a/tools/ci/identity-check.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/identity-check.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ find "$TMP" \( -name .DS_Store -o -name '*.pyc' \) -type f -delete
 # the generic scrub of sync.sh step 3 (its public half; the rules are public text, not secrets)
 TEXT_FILES="$(find "$TMP" -type f \( -name '*.md' -o -name '*.rs' -o -name '*.py' -o -name '*.mjs' -o -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.bat' \
   -o -name '*.c' -o -name '*.cu' -o -name '*.cl' -o -name '*.h' -o -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.swift' -o -name '*.metal' -o -name '*.json' \
-  -o -name '*.csv' -o -name '*.toml' -o -name '*.txt' \) -print)"
+  -o -name '*.csv' -o -name '*.toml' -o -name '*.txt' -o -name '*.log' \) -print)"
 while IFS= read -r f; do
   [ -n "$f" ] || continue
   perl -pi -e '