diff --git a/ai/hermes/Dockerfile b/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
index dd044f9..10297b5 100644
--- a/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
+++ b/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=ssh \
     ssh-keyscan -p 2222 code.lazyworkhorse.net >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null && \
     cd /tmp && \
     GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -p 2222 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' \
-    git clone --depth 1 --branch main \
+    # Branch feat/drop-multi-memory: upstream + Piper TTS patch only (no multi-memory patch)
+    git clone --depth 1 --branch feat/drop-multi-memory \
     git@code.lazyworkhorse.net:gortium/hermes-agent.git fork && \
     rm -rf fork/node_modules fork/.venv fork/.git && \
     cp -a fork/. /opt/hermes/ && \