diff --git a/scripts/serve-ling3-vllm.sh b/scripts/serve-ling3-vllm.sh
index 6ae5f36..d0d6084 100755
--- a/scripts/serve-ling3-vllm.sh
+++ b/scripts/serve-ling3-vllm.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,11 @@ export HOST="${HOST:-0.0.0.0}"
 export PORT="${PORT:-7770}"
 export SERVED_MODEL_NAME="${SERVED_MODEL_NAME:-frank-default-large}"
 
+# Run from a directory with no top-level 'vllm/' dir.
+# Neither launcher changes directory, so the process cwd becomes sys.path[0]
+# for the 'python -m ...registry' inspection subprocess. From the package root,
+# the top-level vllm/ repo dir shadows the editable install as a namespace
+# package and breaks lazy imports (for example, SamplingParams).
+cd /home/dank/ling3-ciru
+
 exec bash "$PKG/scripts/run-256k.sh"