diff --git a/run-fs-scraper-mac.sh b/run-fs-scraper-mac.sh
index e20c1bf..92bdd40 100755
--- a/run-fs-scraper-mac.sh
+++ b/run-fs-scraper-mac.sh
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ export POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
 export POSTGRES_PORT=$DB_LOCAL_PORT
 export POSTGRES_DB=transceiver_db
 export POSTGRES_USER=tip
-# POSTGRES_PASSWORD must be set in your environment or ~/.tip/.env
-export POSTGRES_PASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-}"
 export NODE_ENV=production
 
-# Load local credentials file if present (not committed to git)
+# Load local credentials from ~/.tip/.env (not committed to git).
+# Must contain: export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<value>
 if [ -f "$HOME/.tip/.env" ]; then
   # shellcheck disable=SC1091
   source "$HOME/.tip/.env"
+else
+  log "WARNING: ~/.tip/.env not found — POSTGRES_PASSWORD may be unset"
 fi
 
 log "Running fs-com scraper via tsx…"