diff --git a/modules/nodered/client.ts b/modules/nodered/client.ts
index 0e8bf7c..0cb05fc 100644
--- a/modules/nodered/client.ts
+++ b/modules/nodered/client.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 //
 // Node-RED exposes a runtime admin API under its base URL: GET/POST /flows for the whole flow
 // configuration, GET /nodes for installed node modules. A default install has no auth; when
-// adminAuth is on, a bearer token (minted at /auth/token) is required.
+// adminAuth is on, a bearer token is required — the module's settings accept the mesh-minted
+// api-token, which the runtime config file carries as `token`.
 
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
@@ -88,8 +89,13 @@ export class NodeRedClient {
   async deployFlows(config: any[], type = "full"): Promise<{ rev?: string; nodeCount: number }> {
     const body = await this.req("/flows", {
       method: "POST",
-      headers: this.headers({ "Content-Type": "application/json", "Node-RED-Deployment-Type": type }),
-      body: JSON.stringify(config),
+      // v2 answers { rev }; v1 answers 204 with no body, which req() cannot parse.
+      headers: this.headers({
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "Node-RED-API-Version": "v2",
+        "Node-RED-Deployment-Type": type,
+      }),
+      body: JSON.stringify({ flows: config }),
     });
     return { rev: body?.rev, nodeCount: config.length };
   }
diff --git a/modules/nodered/module.json b/modules/nodered/module.json
index 181edf8..f42dffb 100644
--- a/modules/nodered/module.json
+++ b/modules/nodered/module.json
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     "flows.deployed"
   ],
   "own-secrets": {
+    "admin": "/var/lib/mesh/nodered/admin",
+    "api-token": "/var/lib/mesh/nodered/api-token",
     "broker": "/var/lib/mesh/nodered/broker"
   },
   "capabilities": [
@@ -26,26 +28,58 @@
       "path": "/var/lib/mesh/nodered",
       "mode": "0700"
     },
+    {
+      "id": "state",
+      "type": "directory",
+      "mode": "0700",
+      "place": "."
+    },
     {
       "id": "data",
       "type": "directory",
-      "path": "/services/nodered/data",
       "mode": "0700",
       "owner": "1000:1000"
     },
+    {
+      "id": "settings-code",
+      "type": "file",
+      "path": "${dir:state}/settings.js",
+      "mode": "0600",
+      "owner": "1000:1000",
+      "content": "// Node-RED's settings, written by the mesh from the nodered module. What an assignment may change\n// is settings.json beside this file (merged key by key); the credentials are the mesh's secrets and\n// reach Node-RED only through this file. The flows' own credentials stay encrypted in the user\n// directory under the key Node-RED keeps there (.config.runtime.json), which is data, not this.\nconst fs = require(\"fs\");\nconst path = require(\"path\");\nconst crypto = require(\"crypto\");\n\nconst ADMIN_PASSWORD = \"${secret:admin}\";\nconst API_TOKEN = \"${secret:api-token}\";\nconst ADMIN = { username: \"admin\", permissions: \"*\" };\n\nconst settings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, \"settings.json\"), \"utf8\"));\n// The mesh's keys, not Node-RED's: endpoints lands in every merged file; timeZone is the\n// assignment's way to set the zone flows schedule and format in.\nif (settings.timeZone) process.env.TZ = settings.timeZone;\ndelete settings.timeZone;\ndelete settings.endpoints;\n\nfunction same(a, b) {\n  const x = crypto.createHash(\"sha256\").update(String(a)).digest();\n  const y = crypto.createHash(\"sha256\").update(String(b)).digest();\n  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(x, y);\n}\n\n// The admin secret is a password, or, accepted from an existing install, the bcrypt hash its\n// settings held, so the password people already use keeps working.\nfunction passwordMatches(given) {\n  if (/^\\$2[aby]\\$\\d\\d\\$/.test(ADMIN_PASSWORD)) return require(\"bcryptjs\").compare(String(given), ADMIN_PASSWORD);\n  return Promise.resolve(same(given, ADMIN_PASSWORD));\n}\n\nmodule.exports = Object.assign(settings, {\n  uiPort: 1880,\n  adminAuth: {\n    type: \"credentials\",\n    users: (username) => Promise.resolve(username === ADMIN.username ? ADMIN : null),\n    authenticate: (username, password) =>\n      username === ADMIN.username\n        ? passwordMatches(password).then((ok) => (ok ? ADMIN : null))\n        : Promise.resolve(null),\n    // The module's own tools call the admin API with this bearer token.\n    tokens: (token) => Promise.resolve(same(token, API_TOKEN) ? { username: \"mesh\", permissions: \"*\" } : null),\n  },\n});\n"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "settings",
+      "type": "file",
+      "path": "${dir:state}/settings.json",
+      "mode": "0600",
+      "owner": "1000:1000",
+      "merge": "json",
+      "content": "{\n  \"flowFile\": \"flows.json\",\n  \"flowFilePretty\": true,\n  \"diagnostics\": { \"enabled\": true, \"ui\": true },\n  \"runtimeState\": { \"enabled\": false, \"ui\": false },\n  \"logging\": { \"console\": { \"level\": \"info\", \"metrics\": false, \"audit\": false } },\n  \"exportGlobalContextKeys\": false,\n  \"externalModules\": {},\n  \"editorTheme\": { \"projects\": { \"enabled\": false } },\n  \"functionExternalModules\": true,\n  \"debugMaxLength\": 1000,\n  \"mqttReconnectTime\": 15000,\n  \"serialReconnectTime\": 15000\n}\n"
+    },
     {
       "id": "server",
       "type": "container",
       "name": "nodered",
-      "image": "nodered/node-red@sha256:02a2b92a41b73d2bc388238b86e4fcaab7fb5466373adb24e1df6aa5845265ff",
+      "image": "nodered/node-red@sha256:a649dd711d55490151a2c39a8e48ad0c44325488fbc0e66315f2d2e19e5e1ace",
       "env": {
         "TZ": "Etc/UTC"
       },
       "ports": [
         "1880"
       ],
+      "args": [
+        "--settings",
+        "/config/settings.js"
+      ],
       "volumes": [
-        "/services/nodered/data:/data"
+        "${dir:data}:/data",
+        "${dir:state}/settings.js:/config/settings.js:ro",
+        "${dir:state}/settings.json:/config/settings.json:ro"
+      ],
+      "restart-on": [
+        "settings-code",
+        "settings"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -53,8 +87,7 @@
       "type": "file",
       "path": "/var/lib/mesh/nodered/config.json",
       "mode": "0600",
-      "content": "{}\n",
-      "merge": "json"
+      "content": "{\n  \"token\": \"${secret:api-token}\"\n}\n"
     },
     {
       "id": "runtime",
@@ -86,7 +119,7 @@
     }
   },
   "binds": {
-    "route": "/var/lib/mesh/nodered/route.json"
+    "route": "${dir:state}/route.json"
   },
   "build": {
     "on": [