diff --git a/scripts/auto-ingest-protocols.sh b/scripts/auto-ingest-protocols.sh
index b3a9287..b2e89c9 100755
--- a/scripts/auto-ingest-protocols.sh
+++ b/scripts/auto-ingest-protocols.sh
@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ for entry in "${PROTO_TARGETS[@]}"; do
   IFS='|' read -r bl wp pattern <<< "$entry"
   echo "--- ${bl} WP${wp} ---"
 
-  # Hoechste bisher ingesete Sitzungs-Nr fuer diesen BL/WP-Praefix
-  prefix="MMP${wp}-"  # NRW-Konvention; andere BL liefern ihren eigenen Prefix
-  last_n=$(docker exec "$CONTAINER" sqlite3 /app/data/gwoe-antraege.db \
-    "SELECT COALESCE(MAX(CAST(SUBSTR(quelle_protokoll, ${#prefix} + 1) AS INTEGER)), 0) \
-     FROM plenum_vote_results \
-     WHERE bundesland='${bl}' AND quelle_protokoll LIKE '${prefix}%'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  # Hoechste bisher ingestete Sitzungs-Nr fuer diesen BL/WP-Praefix
+  # python statt sqlite3 — Container hat kein CLI-sqlite3, aber das Python-Modul
+  prefix="MMP${wp}-"
+  last_n=$(docker exec "$CONTAINER" python -c "
+import sqlite3
+c = sqlite3.connect('/app/data/gwoe-antraege.db').cursor()
+c.execute(\"SELECT COALESCE(MAX(CAST(SUBSTR(quelle_protokoll, ${#prefix}+1) AS INTEGER)), 0) FROM plenum_vote_results WHERE bundesland=? AND quelle_protokoll LIKE ?\", ('${bl}', '${prefix}%'))
+print(c.fetchone()[0])
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  # Sanity: numeric check
+  if ! [[ "$last_n" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then last_n=0; fi
 
   start_n=$((last_n + 1))
   echo "Letztes ingestes ${prefix}: ${last_n}, probiere ab ${start_n}"