diff --git a/configs/svos-apps/nh3-dev/svos-terminal.service b/configs/svos-apps/nh3-dev/svos-terminal.service
index 3affa5c..83a13b9 100644
--- a/configs/svos-apps/nh3-dev/svos-terminal.service
+++ b/configs/svos-apps/nh3-dev/svos-terminal.service
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ EnvironmentFile=/etc/svos/env/terminal.env
 Environment=SVOS_KERNEL_URL=https://svos-kernel.phasefinal.com
 Environment=SVOS_DATA_ROOT=/var/lib/svos
 Environment=SVOS_APP_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:8404
+# zellij is lkraven's cargo install (~/.cargo/bin), which a user unit's default PATH does not reach. Without it every
+# `zellij` call fails to launch: /health stays "degraded" and dump/inject cannot run (found 2026-10-13, svos-dev's report).
+Environment=PATH=/home/lkraven/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 ExecStart=/opt/svos/current/apps-env/bin/svos-terminal
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target