diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a7f183a..efaa0ca 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ repos:
         types: [python]
       - id: screens-fit
         name: Every lock screen fits 1366x768 (no scrolling required)
-        entry: python3 scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
+        entry: python3 -m scripts.verify_screen_fits
         language: system
         files: '^screen_locker/.*\.py$'
         pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 21a6473..04fb5b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 # also used by diet_guard; here for phone-workout GitHub sync (Workstream C)
 dependencies = [
     "gatelock @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@gatelock-v0.4.0#subdirectory=gatelock",
-    "crdt-sync @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@crdt-sync-v0.1.0#subdirectory=crdt-sync",
+    "crdt-sync @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@crdt-sync-v0.3.0#subdirectory=crdt-sync",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ color_output = true
 exclude = [".venv/"]
 
 [tool.pylint.main]
+# The repo root on the path, so a file outside the package (scripts/) can be
+# linted on its own. pylint otherwise infers the path from the files it is
+# given, so `scripts/verify_screen_fits.py` resolved `screen_locker` only when
+# a package file happened to be in the same batch -- passing or failing by
+# what else was staged.
+init-hook = "import sys; sys.path.insert(0, '.')"
 analyse-fallback-blocks = true
 persistent = true
 jobs = 0
diff --git a/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py b/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
index 86b27f9..eb46d4a 100755
--- a/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ whole ``tk`` module for every test so the suite can never reach a display, and
 widget heights can only be measured by really rendering them. Like
 ``verify_lock_popup_safety.py``, this re-executes itself under Xvfb:
 
-    python3 ~/screen-locker/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
+    cd ~/screen-locker && python3 -m scripts.verify_screen_fits
+
+Run as a *module*, not a path: ``-m`` puts the repo root on ``sys.path`` so
+``screen_locker`` resolves from the checkout. Running it as a path only works
+where the package happens to be pip-installed, which is why it passed here and
+died in CI.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -88,9 +93,11 @@ def reexec_under_xvfb() -> int:
             "-s",
             "-screen 0 1600x1200x24",
             sys.executable,
-            str(Path(__file__).resolve()),
+            "-m",
+            "scripts.verify_screen_fits",
         ],
         check=False,
+        cwd=Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent,
         env=env,
     ).returncode