diff --git a/tests/creator_commit/verify-remote.ps1 b/tests/creator_commit/verify-remote.ps1
index 6e5eeca..e7e3ad5 100644
--- a/tests/creator_commit/verify-remote.ps1
+++ b/tests/creator_commit/verify-remote.ps1
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ function Expect-CreatorStatus([string]$url, [object]$body, [string]$token, [int]
     }
 }
 
-$environment = docker --context $DockerContext inspect --format '{{range .Config.Env}}{{println .}}{{end}}' $coreContainer
-$bootstrapEntry = $environment | Where-Object { $_ -like "CREATOR_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN=*" } | Select-Object -First 1
-if (-not $bootstrapEntry) { throw "Creator bootstrap metadata unavailable" }
-$bootstrapToken = $bootstrapEntry.Substring("CREATOR_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN=".Length)
-$sessionResponse = docker --context $DockerContext exec --env "CREATOR_TEST_BOOTSTRAP=$bootstrapToken" $coreContainer sh -c 'wget -qO- --header="Authorization: Bearer $CREATOR_TEST_BOOTSTRAP" --post-data="" "$1/v1/creator/sessions"' sh http://localhost:8080
+$sessionResponse = docker --context $DockerContext exec $coreContainer sh -c '
+token="$CREATOR_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN"
+if [ -n "$CREATOR_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN_FILE" ]; then token=$(cat "$CREATOR_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN_FILE"); fi
+if [ -z "$token" ]; then exit 7; fi
+wget -qO- --header="Authorization: Bearer $token" --post-data="" "$1/v1/creator/sessions"
+' sh http://localhost:8080
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Creator session issuance failed" }
 $creatorSession = ($sessionResponse | ConvertFrom-Json).Token