diff --git a/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh b/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
index 6ee5104b928d..5b79015bff0a 100755
--- a/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
+++ b/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ _clawdock_ensure_dir() {
   fi
 
   # Auto-detect from common paths
-  local candidate found_path=""
+  local candidate found_path="" response
   for candidate in "${CLAWDOCK_COMMON_PATHS[@]}"; do
     if [[ -f "${candidate}/docker-compose.yml" ]]; then
       found_path="$candidate"
diff --git a/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts b/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts
index 9fab0258b4a5..b6f9feb29f3b 100644
--- a/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ describe("scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh", () => {
               [
                 'path_before="$PATH"',
                 'candidate="caller-value"',
+                'response="caller-response"',
                 "source scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh || exit 1",
                 '_clawdock_ensure_dir < "$CLAWDOCK_CONFIRM_FILE" || exit 1',
                 '[[ "$PATH" == "$path_before" ]] || exit 1',
                 '[[ "$candidate" == "caller-value" ]] || exit 1',
+                '[[ "$response" == "caller-response" ]] || exit 1',
                 '[[ "$CLAWDOCK_DIR" == "$HOME/openclaw" ]] || exit 1',
               ].join("\n"),
             ],