diff --git a/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh b/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh
index e1e10cd28..b9ee708ab 100755
--- a/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh
+++ b/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ HUB_PEER="${HUB_PEER:-}"; SEED="${SEED:-}"; STARTED=$(date -u +%s)
 if [ "$ROLE" = dn2 ]; then APP=$F/dn2; LOG=$F/dn2-node.log; OVR=$F/dn2-override.json; SUFFIX="--devnet-suffix=2"; PACK=dn2; NET=igneum-devnet-2
 else APP=$F/node; LOG=$F/node.log; OVR=$F/override.json; SUFFIX=""; PACK=devnet; NET=igneum-devnet; fi
 echo "RESULT standing_start $(stamp) role=$ROLE label=$LABEL prover=$PROVER mine=$MINE"
-NODE_RE='^/(opt/igneum/pkg/bin|opt/igneum/pkg\.prev/bin|root/fleet/in)/igneumd[^ ]* '   # any node binary the fleet has ever started on a box
+NODE_RE='^/(opt/igneum/pkg/bin|opt/igneum/pkg\.prev/bin|root/fleet/in)/igneumd(-0313|-[0-9a-f]{16})? --devnet --appdir='   # the LIVE node only, never igneumd-v4 (the rehearsal node, --devnet-suffix=400) nor a Devnet 2 node: at 19:5xZ the hub's live node died and the old pattern took the rehearsal node for it
 node_running_bin() { pgrep -af "$NODE_RE" | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'; }
 # adopt the node that already runs (a canary or swap may have put a newer binary than the package's in place): never downgrade it
 [ -s $F/standing.node ] || { rb=$(node_running_bin); [ -n "$rb" ] && echo "$rb" > $F/standing.node; }