diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a01940cd..2b3ea457 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1467,9 +1467,18 @@ EOF
     mkdir -p "${MOUNT_POINT}/home/clawdie" "${MOUNT_POINT}/etc/profile.d" "${MOUNT_POINT}/etc/skel"
 
     # Install the canonical npm-global profile snippet (shared with agent-jail-bootstrap.sh).
+    # The snippet lives in colibri; resolve its repo the same way every other
+    # colibri consumer here does so COLIBRI_REPO overrides are honored.
+    resolve_colibri_paths
+    _npm_profile_src="${_resolved_colibri_repo}/packaging/freebsd/clawdie-npm-profile.sh"
+    if [ ! -f "${_npm_profile_src}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: shared npm profile snippet missing: ${_npm_profile_src}"
+        echo "       It ships in colibri packaging/freebsd/. Set COLIBRI_REPO=/path/to/colibri."
+        exit 1
+    fi
     {
         printf 'NPM_PREFIX="/opt/clawdie/npm-global"\n'
-        cat "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../colibri/packaging/freebsd/clawdie-npm-profile.sh"
+        cat "${_npm_profile_src}"
     } > "${MOUNT_POINT}/etc/profile.d/clawdie-npm.sh"
     chmod 0644 "${MOUNT_POINT}/etc/profile.d/clawdie-npm.sh"