diff --git a/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs b/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
index ef988e3f..f1278ac1 100644
--- a/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
+++ b/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
@@ -1492,7 +1492,18 @@ function prepareSourceScript() {
     "  git_timed catalog-fetch 90 git fetch --depth 1 gitops-catalog \"$(params.gitops-branch)\" >/dev/null || true",
     "  if git cat-file -e FETCH_HEAD:\"$catalog_path\" 2>/dev/null; then",
     "    git show FETCH_HEAD:\"$catalog_path\" > /tmp/hwlab-gitops-artifact-catalog.json",
-    "    if node --input-type=module -e 'import fs from \"node:fs\"; import { readStructuredFile } from \"./scripts/src/structured-config.mjs\"; const ids=(doc)=>(doc.services||[]).map((s)=>s.serviceId); const selected=(process.argv[3]||\"\").split(\",\").filter(Boolean); const gitops=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[1],\"utf8\")); const deploy=await readStructuredFile(process.cwd(),process.argv[2]); const expected=selected.length ? selected : ids(deploy); if (JSON.stringify(ids(gitops)) !== JSON.stringify(expected)) process.exit(42);' /tmp/hwlab-gitops-artifact-catalog.json deploy/deploy.yaml \"$(params.services)\"; then",
+    "    if node --input-type=module - /tmp/hwlab-gitops-artifact-catalog.json deploy/deploy.yaml \"$(params.services)\" <<'NODE'",
+    "import fs from \"node:fs\";",
+    "import { readStructuredFile } from \"./scripts/src/structured-config.mjs\";",
+    "const [catalogPath, deployPath, selectedServices] = process.argv.slice(2);",
+    "const ids = (doc) => (doc.services || []).map((service) => service.serviceId);",
+    "const selected = (selectedServices || \"\").split(\",\").filter(Boolean);",
+    "const gitops = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(catalogPath, \"utf8\"));",
+    "const deploy = await readStructuredFile(process.cwd(), deployPath);",
+    "const expected = selected.length ? selected : ids(deploy);",
+    "if (JSON.stringify(ids(gitops)) !== JSON.stringify(expected)) process.exit(42);",
+    "NODE",
+    "    then",
     "      cp /tmp/hwlab-gitops-artifact-catalog.json \"$catalog_path\"",
     "      echo '{\"event\":\"gitops-artifact-catalog\",\"phase\":\"prepare-source\",\"status\":\"loaded\",\"branch\":\"'\"$(params.gitops-branch)\"'\"}'",
     "    else",