diff --git a/scripts/redeploy-bridged.sh b/scripts/redeploy-bridged.sh
index 854a977..69564d8 100755
--- a/scripts/redeploy-bridged.sh
+++ b/scripts/redeploy-bridged.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ REPO="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 BRIDGED="$REPO/bridged"
 JAR="$BRIDGED/target/bridged.jar"
 OUT="$BRIDGED/bridged.out"
-PATTERN='bridged/target/bridged.jar'
+# Matches BOTH the absolute form and the relative `java -jar target/bridged.jar` a hand-start
+# produces from inside bridged/. Anchoring on the absolute path alone was a real bug: the daemon
+# restarted correctly and the script still reported "no process appeared", because it launched with
+# a relative path and then looked for an absolute one.
+PATTERN='target/bridged.jar'
 HEALTH='http://127.0.0.1:8765/healthz'
 STOP_WAIT=30      # seconds to wait for a clean exit before reporting failure
 HEALTH_WAIT=60    # seconds to wait for /healthz to answer after start
@@ -143,7 +147,9 @@ fi
 # because the daemon resolves bridged.yaml, logs/ and target/ relative to it.
 
 say "start"
-( cd "$BRIDGED" && zsh -lc 'nohup java -jar target/bridged.jar >> bridged.out 2>&1 &' )
+# Absolute jar path so `ps` names which checkout is running; cwd still bridged/ because the daemon
+# resolves bridged.yaml, logs/ and target/ relative to it.
+( cd "$BRIDGED" && zsh -lc "nohup java -jar '$JAR' >> bridged.out 2>&1 &" )
 
 for _ in $(seq 10); do
   NEW_PID="$(running_pid)"