diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 52dce04..6047b19 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ APP_NAME=Clusev
 APP_ENV=local
 APP_KEY=
 APP_DEBUG=true
-APP_URL=http://10.10.90.136
+APP_URL=http://localhost
 
 APP_LOCALE=de
 APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE=en
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ REVERB_APP_ID=changeme
 REVERB_APP_KEY=changeme
 REVERB_APP_SECRET=changeme
 # client-facing (browser connects to the host-exposed port):
-REVERB_HOST=10.10.90.136
+REVERB_HOST=localhost
 REVERB_PORT=8080
 REVERB_SCHEME=http
 # server bind (inside the container):
diff --git a/scripts/promote.sh b/scripts/promote.sh
index 56c0f18..94750bb 100755
--- a/scripts/promote.sh
+++ b/scripts/promote.sh
@@ -28,22 +28,17 @@ git -C "$src" archive --format=tar "$tag" | tar -x -C "$pub"
 # Private CI never goes public.
 rm -rf "${pub:?}/.github"
 
-# Leak guard — never publish a tree that still carries a private identifier or an internal doc. This
-# makes promote.sh safe even for a tag cut BEFORE the export-ignore / URL-neutralisation fixes: such
-# a tree is refused (the public repo is left untouched) instead of leaking the dev/staging repos.
-leak=0
+# Leak guard — refuse to publish a tree that still carries an internal-only doc. These paths are
+# export-ignored on current trees, so their presence means the tag predates the leak-safety fixes
+# (such a tree would also ship the old private URLs + dev notes). Refuse rather than leak the
+# dev/staging repos. Checking for the docs (not grepping for URL strings) keeps this guard free of
+# the very identifiers it protects — so it never trips on its own source or on legitimate content.
 for f in CLAUDE.md rules.md handoff.md kickoff-prompt.md docs; do
-    [ -e "$pub/$f" ] && { echo "leak-guard: internal path present in the tree: $f" >&2; leak=1; }
+    if [ -e "$pub/$f" ]; then
+        echo "leak-guard: REFUSING to publish $tag — internal path '$f' present; promote a tag cut after the leak-safety fixes (>= v0.9.58)." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
 done
-if grep -rIl -e 'git\.bave\.dev' -e 'boban/clusev' -e 'clusev-staging' "$pub" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "leak-guard: private repo identifier in the tree to be published:" >&2
-    grep -rIl -e 'git\.bave\.dev' -e 'boban/clusev' -e 'clusev-staging' "$pub" >&2
-    leak=1
-fi
-if [ "$leak" -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "leak-guard: REFUSING to publish $tag — promote a tag cut after the leak-safety fixes (>= v0.9.58)." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
 
 git -C "$pub" add -A
 # --allow-empty: stable promotion re-tags the same source commit as the last beta, so the
diff --git a/scripts/promote.test.sh b/scripts/promote.test.sh
index 6eab364..8ad3794 100755
--- a/scripts/promote.test.sh
+++ b/scripts/promote.test.sh
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ bash "$here/promote.sh" "$work/src" v1.0.1 "$work/pub" "Release v1.0.1"
 git -C "$work/pub" rev-parse v1.0.1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "FAIL: identical-tree tag missing"; exit 1; }
 git -C "$work/pub" log -1 --pretty=%s | grep -qx 'Release v1.0.1' || { echo "FAIL: identical-tree commit message"; exit 1; }
 
-# Leak guard: a tree carrying a private identifier in a PUBLISHED file must be REFUSED, with no tag
-# created (protects against promoting an old tag cut before the leak-safety fixes).
+# Leak guard: a tree that still carries an internal-only doc (i.e. a tag cut before the
+# export-ignore fixes) must be REFUSED, with no tag created.
 git init -q "$work/leaky"
-printf 'home: https://git.bave.dev/boban/clusev\n' > "$work/leaky/README.md"
+printf 'app\n' > "$work/leaky/app.txt"
+printf 'internal notes\n' > "$work/leaky/CLAUDE.md"   # present (not export-ignored here) -> pre-fix tree
 git -C "$work/leaky" add -A && git -C "$work/leaky" commit -qm init && git -C "$work/leaky" tag v9.9.9
 git init -q "$work/pub2"
 if bash "$here/promote.sh" "$work/leaky" v9.9.9 "$work/pub2" "Release v9.9.9" 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "FAIL: leak guard did not refuse a private-identifier tree"; exit 1
+    echo "FAIL: leak guard did not refuse a tree carrying an internal doc"; exit 1
 fi
-git -C "$work/pub2" rev-parse v9.9.9 >/dev/null 2>&1 && { echo "FAIL: tag created despite leak"; exit 1; }
+git -C "$work/pub2" rev-parse v9.9.9 >/dev/null 2>&1 && { echo "FAIL: tag created despite leak guard"; exit 1; }
 echo "PASS"