diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0a54352..5e0be14 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$WORK_IMG" ]; then
     # the API key lines to the seed.  The seed importer merges them into
     # both the operator's ~/.env and the daemon's provider.env at boot.
     if [ -f /usr/local/etc/colibri/provider.env ]; then
-        grep -E '^(DEEPSEEK_API_KEY|OPENROUTER_API_KEY)=' \
+        grep -E '^(DEEPSEEK_API_KEY|OPENROUTER_API_KEY|TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN)=' \
             /usr/local/etc/colibri/provider.env \
             > "${_seed_agent_dir}/env" 2>/dev/null || true
         if [ -s "${_seed_agent_dir}/env" ]; then