diff --git a/scripts/deploy-remote.sh b/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
index a1969b8..afb6bfb 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ VM_SEED
 set -euo pipefail
 SVC="${1:?service required}"
 systemctl --user daemon-reload
-unit="$(systemctl --user list-units --all --no-legend "${SVC}.service" "container-${SVC}.service" 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | awk '{print $1}')"
+unit="$(systemctl --user list-units --all --no-legend "${SVC}.service" "container-${SVC}.service" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^● //' | head -n1 | awk '{print $1}')"
 [ -n "$unit" ] || { echo "FAIL: no generated systemd unit for $SVC" >&2; exit 1; }
 systemctl --user restart "$unit"
 sleep 3