diff --git a/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs b/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs
index bc1f66657..0faf0df2f 100644
--- a/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs
@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@
 // bundle's API being reachable.
 import { chromium } from 'playwright'
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { resolve, dirname } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
 const REPO = process.env.DOXA_REPO
-  || resolve('/home/lk10x/Workspace/eco-dx/root-doxa-maps/wt-packet')
+  // Third instance of one pattern this flight (after check-zone-census and
+  // check-share-policy): a gate authored in one worktree hardcodes THAT worktree as its
+  // fallback, and check:no-abs-paths — which is inside build:unlocked — turns red for every
+  // other builder. DOXA_REPO still wins; only the default is made portable, using the idiom
+  // check-no-absolute-paths.mjs prints in its own failure text.
+  || resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..')
 const src = readFileSync(resolve(REPO, 'library/composables/usePosterPrints.js'), 'utf8')
 const frame = readFileSync(resolve(REPO, 'library/composables/printInPlace.js'), 'utf8')