diff --git a/bot/bot.ts b/bot/bot.ts
index b43abeb..f676903 100644
--- a/bot/bot.ts
+++ b/bot/bot.ts
@@ -592,7 +592,12 @@ async function answerToast(ctx: Context, text: string) {
 }
 
 async function actUpAll(ctx: Context) {
-  const r = await compose("up", "-d");
+  // Only the server + tunnel — never the bot itself. A bare `compose up -d`
+  // would re-evaluate every service in the project, recreate the bot
+  // container, SIGTERM the running process mid-call, and leave a renamed
+  // replacement stuck in "Created" state because the name collision prevented
+  // it from starting. Matches actDownAll, which already scopes to these two.
+  const r = await compose("up", "-d", SERVER_SVC, PF_SVC);
   await answerToast(ctx, r.ok ? "starting…" : "failed");
   await maybeSendSticker(ctx, r.ok ? "up" : "error");
   await renderMain(ctx);