diff --git a/lib/generators.sh b/lib/generators.sh
index af08aa2..c205594 100644
--- a/lib/generators.sh
+++ b/lib/generators.sh
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ _generate_local_model_services() {
         condition: service_started
     networks:
       - disinto-net
-    profiles: ["agents-${service_name}"]
+    # No profiles: the [agents.${service_name}] TOML entry is the activation
+    # gate — its presence is what drove emission of this block in the first
+    # place. Profile-gating the service caused 'disinto up' (without
+    # COMPOSE_PROFILES set) to treat the container as an orphan and remove it,
+    # silently killing the hired agent (#845).
 
 EOF
             has_services=true
diff --git a/lib/hire-agent.sh b/lib/hire-agent.sh
index 2bbea63..994103a 100644
--- a/lib/hire-agent.sh
+++ b/lib/hire-agent.sh
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ p.write_text(text)
     echo "  Model: ${model}"
     echo ""
     echo "  To start the agent, run:"
-    echo "    docker compose --profile ${service_name} up -d ${service_name}"
+    echo "    disinto up"
   fi
 
   echo ""