diff --git a/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_integration_test.go b/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_integration_test.go
index 035f4cc..a7972dc 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_integration_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_integration_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ func TestTheRunnersConsumerCarriesTheOwnersViewsFamiliesWhenTheOwnersAreDownThen
 	filters := map[string][]string{}
 	families := 0
 	for _, c := range manifest.Consumes {
-		emitter, event, _ := strings.Cut(c, ".views.")
+		emitter, event, isView := strings.Cut(c, ".views.")
+		if !isView { // the seat mesh-catalog's events: the seat list's, on EVENTS (cmd/node-tools/seatlist.go)
+			continue
+		}
 		stream := streamOf[emitter]
 		if stream == "" {
 			t.Fatalf("the manifest consumes %s, whose views stream the test does not know", c)