diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 25642f3..6dfb3d1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ repos:
         types: [shell]
       - 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: '^wake_alarm/.*\.py$'
         pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 72d11ab..2354ce2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ 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 a script resolved its package imports 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 1c8993b..bb1baec 100755
--- a/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ Runs the real builders against a real (throwaway) X display, because widget
 heights come from the font engine and nothing short of rendering can answer
 this honestly:
 
-    python3 ~/wake-alarm/scripts/verify_screen_fits.py
+    cd ~/wake-alarm && python3 -m scripts.verify_screen_fits
+
+Run as a *module*, not a path: ``-m`` puts the repo root on
+``sys.path`` so ``wake_alarm`` resolves from the checkout. Running it as a
+path only works where the package happens to be pip-installed, which is
+why it passed locally and died in CI.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -71,9 +76,11 @@ 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