diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index 378e8a0..5fb27a0 100644
--- a/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: |
   Variation between instances is expressed via values.yaml only.
   No chart variants. No string-templating in Tower.
 type: application
-version: 0.1.9
+version: 0.1.10
 appVersion: "1.0"
 keywords:
   - odoo
diff --git a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
index bee9d65..a76898a 100644
--- a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
@@ -171,13 +171,25 @@ spec:
               cat > /target/odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/__manifest__.py <<PYEOF
               {
                   'name': 'OdooSky hoot-dom backend shim',
-                  'version': '{{ .Values.odoo.tag }}.1.0.3',
+                  'version': '{{ .Values.odoo.tag }}.1.0.4',
                   'category': 'Hidden',
                   'author': 'OdooSky',
                   'summary': 'Register @odoo/hoot-dom alias in web.assets_backend (workaround for upstream alias-not-honored bug)',
                   'depends': ['web'],
                   'assets': {
+                      # Empty-DB Odoo 19 doesn't transitively pull
+                      # hoot-dom into the prod bundle (no barcode /
+                      # sale / web_tour static/src code is installed).
+                      # The alias below declares a dep on
+                      # @web/../lib/hoot-dom/hoot-dom — if no other
+                      # source pulls it, the bundle errors with
+                      # "module not defined" and the backend fails to
+                      # boot (2026-05-13 erp19 fresh-instance finding).
+                      # Pull the lib files explicitly so the path-
+                      # based name is always registered; the alias
+                      # then re-exports under @odoo/hoot-dom.
                       'web.assets_backend': [
+                          'web/static/lib/hoot-dom/**/*',
                           'odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/static/src/hoot_dom_alias.js',
                       ],
                   },