diff --git a/.beads/beads.jsonl b/.beads/beads.jsonl
index 0c1d69ff..7ae7e13d 100644
--- a/.beads/beads.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/beads.jsonl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
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