diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/entrypoint.sh.j2 b/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/entrypoint.sh.j2
index 4c0ca9b..06e32aa 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/entrypoint.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/entrypoint.sh.j2
@@ -47,6 +47,33 @@ if [ "${AUTO_UPDATE:-true}" = "true" ]; then
     echo "=== Update complete ==="
 fi
 
+# Strip scripts the dedicated-server package ships but the client no longer has.
+#
+# The two Steam apps are packaged separately and have drifted. Base.Log_Stack_01
+# was removed from the client in 42.16, but app 380870 still ships
+# entity_logstack.txt. The server registers every script it can see into a new
+# world's WorldDictionary, so the entry lands in the save, and then every client
+# fails at world load with:
+#
+#   WorldDictionaryException: [SpriteConfigs] Missing dictionary script on
+#   client: Base.Log_Stack_01
+#
+# Nothing in multiplayer can legitimately use a script no client has, so
+# removing it server-side costs nothing. This runs after the SteamCMD update on
+# purpose: validate restores the file on every boot, so it has to be stripped
+# each time, not once.
+#
+# Removing the file does not fix a world whose dictionary already records the
+# entry -- that save needs regenerating.
+strip_client_missing_scripts() {
+    local stale="${INSTALL_DIR}/media/scripts/generated/entities/misc/entity_logstack.txt"
+    if [ -f "${stale}" ]; then
+        echo "=== Removing ${stale##*/} (shipped by server, absent from client) ==="
+        rm -f "${stale}"
+    fi
+}
+strip_client_missing_scripts
+
 # Configure JVM memory settings in ProjectZomboid64.json (Build 42 uses JSON config)
 configure_memory() {
     local json_file="${INSTALL_DIR}/ProjectZomboid64.json"