diff --git a/.agents/scripts/pulse-wrapper.sh b/.agents/scripts/pulse-wrapper.sh
index 3b794e9f5..cfc5d09aa 100755
--- a/.agents/scripts/pulse-wrapper.sh
+++ b/.agents/scripts/pulse-wrapper.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ PULSE_UNDERFILLED_STALE_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT="${PULSE_UNDERFILLED_STALE_RECOVERY_TIM
 ORPHAN_MAX_AGE="${ORPHAN_MAX_AGE:-7200}"                                                                # 2 hours — kill orphans older than this
 RAM_PER_WORKER_MB="${RAM_PER_WORKER_MB:-1024}"                                                          # 1 GB per worker
 RAM_RESERVE_MB="${RAM_RESERVE_MB:-8192}"                                                                # 8 GB reserved for OS + user apps
-MAX_WORKERS_CAP="${MAX_WORKERS_CAP:-$(config_get "orchestration.max_concurrent_workers" "8")}"          # Hard ceiling regardless of RAM
+MAX_WORKERS_CAP="${MAX_WORKERS_CAP:-$(config_get "orchestration.max_workers_cap" "8")}"                 # Hard ceiling regardless of RAM
 DAILY_PR_CAP="${DAILY_PR_CAP:-1000}"                                                                    # Max PRs created per repo per day (GH#3821)
 PRODUCT_RESERVATION_PCT="${PRODUCT_RESERVATION_PCT:-60}"                                                # % of worker slots reserved for product repos (t1423)
 QUALITY_DEBT_CAP_PCT="${QUALITY_DEBT_CAP_PCT:-$(config_get "orchestration.quality_debt_cap_pct" "30")}" # % cap for quality-debt dispatch share