diff --git a/test/programs/dev-ptr.flan b/test/programs/dev-ptr.flan
index c88e768..b316a46 100644
--- a/test/programs/dev-ptr.flan
+++ b/test/programs/dev-ptr.flan
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 ;;;; them apart, and this is the program that shows it:
 ;;;;
 ;;;;   ("live" "(Ptr Enemy)" "<ptr (Enemy {.hp 41 .x 2})>")
-;;;;   ("dead" "(Ptr Enemy)" "<ptr dead: was Enemy, freed at step 15>")
+;;;;   ("dead" "(Ptr Enemy)" "<ptr dead: was Enemy, freed at step N>")
+;;;;
+;;;; N is the registry's own event counter and is no part of the claim: it
+;;;; moves if anything allocates or frees ahead of this program's two Vecs.
+;;;; A test that asserts these lines should match around it, not on it.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; Both lines are what `(:op "locals" :frame 1)` answers with today, and
 ;;;; both were read off a running session by hand. **No test drives this
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@
 (defvar ticks i64)
 
 (defn main [] i32
-  (agent/start "/tmp/flan-ptr-fallback.sock")
+  (agent/start "/tmp/flan-dev-ptr-fallback.sock")
   (print (outer)) (println "")
   (dotimes [i 4000]
     (agent/wait 5)