diff --git a/scripts/harb-evaluator/red-team-sweep.sh b/scripts/harb-evaluator/red-team-sweep.sh
index d52ec7e..f2826b4 100755
--- a/scripts/harb-evaluator/red-team-sweep.sh
+++ b/scripts/harb-evaluator/red-team-sweep.sh
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@ PYEOF
   log "DONE $seed_name"
 
   # 6. Teardown — poll until all containers have exited (exponential backoff, no fixed delay)
-  cd "$REPO_ROOT" && docker compose down -v 2>/dev/null || true
+  docker compose -f "$REPO_ROOT/docker-compose.yml" down -v 2>/dev/null || true
   _deadline=$(( $(date +%s) + 30 ))
   _backoff_ms=100
-  while [[ -n "$(docker compose ps --quiet 2>/dev/null)" ]]; do
+  while [[ -n "$(docker compose -f "$REPO_ROOT/docker-compose.yml" ps --quiet 2>/dev/null)" ]]; do
     if [[ $(date +%s) -ge $_deadline ]]; then
       log "WARNING: containers still present after 30s — proceeding anyway"
       break