diff --git a/bootstrap/cms/clawdie-site/package.json b/bootstrap/cms/clawdie-site/package.json
index c994cd1..b0bbbb5 100644
--- a/bootstrap/cms/clawdie-site/package.json
+++ b/bootstrap/cms/clawdie-site/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,5 @@
     "@astrojs/check": "^0.9.6",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
     "tsx": "^4.19.2"
-  },
-  "overrides": {
-    "zod": "3.25.76"
   }
 }
diff --git a/setup/cms.ts b/setup/cms.ts
index 889878c..22077f4 100644
--- a/setup/cms.ts
+++ b/setup/cms.ts
@@ -161,14 +161,29 @@ function ensureCmsDocsBootstrapMounted(
     }
   }
 
-  ensureSymlinkOnlyWhenMissing(
-    path.join(astroRootOnHost, 'src'),
-    `${mountTarget}/src`,
-  );
-  ensureSymlinkOnlyWhenMissing(
-    path.join(astroRootOnHost, 'scripts'),
-    `${mountTarget}/scripts`,
-  );
+  for (const dir of ['src', 'scripts']) {
+    const destPath = path.join(astroRootOnHost, dir);
+    const srcPath = path.join(mountTargetOnHost, dir);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(srcPath)) continue;
+    // Remove stale symlink if present — symlinks break Vite path resolution
+    try {
+      if (fs.lstatSync(destPath).isSymbolicLink()) {
+        fs.rmSync(destPath, { force: true });
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      const e = err as NodeJS.ErrnoException;
+      if (e.code !== 'ENOENT') throw e;
+    }
+    fs.mkdirSync(destPath, { recursive: true });
+    const result = spawnSync(
+      'rsync',
+      ['-a', '--delete', `${srcPath}/`, `${destPath}/`],
+      { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] },
+    );
+    if ((result.status ?? 1) !== 0) {
+      logger.warn({ dir, error: result.stderr }, `Failed to sync ${dir} from bootstrap`);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 // ── Starlight project template content ──────────────────────────────────
@@ -196,9 +211,6 @@ function starlightPackageJson(): string {
         typescript: '^5.9.3',
         tsx: '^4.19.2',
       },
-      overrides: {
-        zod: '3.25.76',
-      },
     },
     null,
     2,
@@ -424,7 +436,6 @@ function ensureStarlightPackage(astroRoot: string): boolean {
   const updated = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(pkg)) as {
     dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
     devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
-    overrides?: Record<string, string>;
   };
 
   updated.dependencies = updated.dependencies || {};
@@ -443,10 +454,6 @@ function ensureStarlightPackage(astroRoot: string): boolean {
   ensureDep(updated.devDependencies, '@astrojs/check', '^0.9.6');
   ensureDep(updated.devDependencies, 'typescript', '^5.9.3');
   ensureDep(updated.devDependencies, 'tsx', '^4.19.2');
-  updated.overrides = updated.overrides || {};
-  if (!updated.overrides.zod) {
-    updated.overrides.zod = '3.25.76';
-  }
 
   const next = JSON.stringify(updated, null, 2);
   if (next !== currentNormalized) {