diff --git a/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go b/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go
index 413825d..47957c9 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go
@@ -206,14 +206,12 @@ func TestTheManifestNamesNothingOfTheController(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	// Read as text, as mesh-catalog's controllerdeps check reads its own: mesh-sdk names no module (issue 774).
+	// Read as text, as mesh-catalog's controllerdeps check reads its own: mesh-sdk names no module (issue 774), and the
+	// manifest says it is the tool runner rather than being known by its name.
 	if strings.Contains(string(raw), "mesh-controller") {
 		t.Error("node-tools' manifest names the ended controller")
 	}
-	// The manifest says nothing of being the tool runner until the indexer whose judge knows the word runs (issue 774):
-	// the running judge refuses a manifest with "tool-runner", and while one manifest is refused the grants part holds
-	// the bus's user list, so the build of the indexer that knows it is never granted. The word comes back then.
-	if catalogue.IsToolRunner(m) {
-		t.Error("node-tools' manifest says \"tool-runner\" before the judge that reads it runs")
+	if !catalogue.IsToolRunner(m) {
+		t.Error("node-tools' manifest does not say it is the tool runner (\"tool-runner\": true)")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/node-tools/module.json b/node-tools/module.json
index e6cb6db..535300f 100644
--- a/node-tools/module.json
+++ b/node-tools/module.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "module": "node-tools",
   "version": "1",
   "slug": "node-tools",
+  "tool-runner": true,
   "invokes": [
     "*"
   ],