diff --git a/scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh b/scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh
index 9f2fe23..8b9cbe6 100755
--- a/scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh
+++ b/scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #   BAO_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:18200 VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:18200 \
 #     WP0039_STATUS=$HOME/.local/state/wp0039-seed.status \
 #     warden access openbao-platform-admin-login --exec -- \
-#     sh scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh
+#     sh "$PWD/scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh"   # absolute path: warden's
+#     caller shell may sit outside the repo, and a missing file counts as output
 #
 # Silent by design: warden fails closed on any child output. The value is
 # generated inside a pipe and sent to bao on stdin, so it never appears in
diff --git a/workplans/ACTIVITY-WP-0039-multi-worker-identity-and-token-custody.md b/workplans/ACTIVITY-WP-0039-multi-worker-identity-and-token-custody.md
index 3efcbf4..4d33de4 100644
--- a/workplans/ACTIVITY-WP-0039-multi-worker-identity-and-token-custody.md
+++ b/workplans/ACTIVITY-WP-0039-multi-worker-identity-and-token-custody.md
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ on stdin. The founder runs it in their own terminal:
 BAO_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:18200 VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:18200 \
   WP0039_STATUS=$HOME/.local/state/wp0039-seed.status \
   warden access openbao-platform-admin-login --exec -- \
-  sh scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh
+  sh /home/worsch/activity-core/scripts/wp0039-seed-worker-tokens.sh   # absolute path
 ```
 
 The first founder run on 2026-09-23 failed closed ("returned a failure or