diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/terminal_settings_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/terminal_settings_test.go
index 3962862a..81435ac2 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/terminal_settings_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/terminal_settings_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/catalogue"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/compose"
 
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/broker"
 )
@@ -212,8 +213,12 @@ func TestAServedKeyIsRefusedThroughAVerb(t *testing.T) {
 	refused("a setting a trusted file asks for, through the verb", throughVerb(t, "settings", map[string]any{
 		"module": "power", "node": "anchor", "values": `{"lid":"ignore","x":0}`}))
 	// And `trusted` is the catalogue's word: it never reaches the machine, whose engine parses strictly.
-	plan := printed(t, func() error { return atTheTerminal(t, "plan", "anchor", "--json") })
-	if strings.Contains(plan, `"trusted"`) {
+	declared, _, err := composeQuestion(ctx, open, "anchor", compose.Reading, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	body, _ := json.Marshal(declared.Resources)
+	if strings.Contains(string(body), `"trusted"`) {
 		t.Fatal("the declaration carries the catalogue's `trusted`")
 	}
 }