diff --git a/kill-maven.sh b/kill-maven.sh
index 573da5b..f0754bd 100755
--- a/kill-maven.sh
+++ b/kill-maven.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,22 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # The llama-server the phraser spawns has NO "maven" in its command line (its
-# args are `-m /path/to/LFM2.5-...gguf --port ...`), so a `llama-server.*maven`
+# args are `-m /path/to/<model>.gguf --port ...`), so a `llama-server.*maven`
 # pattern matches nothing and leaks it — the exact bug that let orphans pile up
-# and OOM the box. Match the model instead. Override MODEL if you change it.
-MODEL="${MODEL:-LFM2}"
+# and OOM the box.
+#
+# We used to match the model name, defaulting to LFM2. The deploy now runs
+# Qwen3.5-0.8B, so that default matched nothing and the server survived every
+# kill. Match any llama-server serving a .gguf instead, so swapping the model in
+# deploy/mavend.json cannot break this script again. Set MODEL to narrow it if
+# some other llama-server on this box must be left alone.
+MODEL="${MODEL:-}"
 PAT='mavend|mavsttd|mavttsd|mavweb|mavpoll|mavenclient'
-LLM="llama-server.*${MODEL}"
+if [ -n "$MODEL" ]; then
+    LLM="llama-server.*${MODEL}"
+else
+    LLM='llama-server.*\.gguf'
+fi
 
 echo "--- Sending graceful SIGTERM to Maven services ---"
 pkill -TERM -f "$PAT" || true