diff --git a/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh b/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh
index 0737ba8..8b8d8ef 100755
--- a/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh
@@ -35,18 +35,13 @@ docker compose --env-file .env.production.example -f compose.production.yaml -f
 }
 echo "Caddy configuration valid ✓"
 
-# A10: Check scheduler can start without external network
+# A10: Check scheduler module can load without running real sources
 echo "Validating community scheduler..."
-$compose up --build -d --wait community-scheduler
-# Scheduler runs in a loop, check it's healthy by verifying the process is running
-$compose exec -T community-scheduler python -c "import app.community_scheduler; print('scheduler module loads OK')" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+$compose run --rm --no-deps community-scheduler python -c "import app.community_scheduler; print('scheduler module loads OK')" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
   echo "ERROR: Community scheduler failed to start" >&2
-  $compose logs --no-color community-scheduler >&2
   exit 1
 }
 echo "Community scheduler valid ✓"
-# Stop scheduler to free resources
-$compose stop community-scheduler
 
 # A10: Extract Alembic revision ID programmatically, handle multiple heads
 ALEMBIC_HEADS_OUTPUT=$($compose exec -T api alembic heads 2>/dev/null || true)