diff --git a/scripts/config/application/application_missing_variables.sh b/scripts/config/application/application_missing_variables.sh
index e5598ac..e3d3ba1 100755
--- a/scripts/config/application/application_missing_variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/application/application_missing_variables.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ checkApplicationsConfigFilesMissingVariables()
         app=$(basename "$live" .config)
         remote="$install_containers_dir$app/$app.config"
         reconcileConfigFile "$live" "$remote"
-    done < <(runFileOp find "$containers_dir" -maxdepth 2 -type f -name '*.config' ! -name '*.bak')
+    # 2>/dev/null: before the docker-type config loads (early install) runFileOp
+    # falls back to the manager, which can't list the container-owned containers/
+    # dir — harmless "Permission denied" on a best-effort reconcile (no apps yet).
+    done < <(runFileOp find "$containers_dir" -maxdepth 2 -type f -name '*.config' ! -name '*.bak' 2>/dev/null)
 
     isSuccessful "Application config reconciliation completed."
 }
diff --git a/scripts/source/loading/scan_files.sh b/scripts/source/loading/scan_files.sh
index 9643c24..cc77c9a 100755
--- a/scripts/source/loading/scan_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/source/loading/scan_files.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ sourceScanFiles()
                 source "$file"
                 # echo "$load_type FILE $file"
             fi
-        done < <($scan_op find "$folder_dir" -maxdepth 3 -type d \( -name 'resources' \) -prune -o -type f -name "$file_pattern" -print0)
+        # 2>/dev/null: early in an install the docker-type config isn't loaded
+        # yet, so runFileOp falls back to the manager, which can't list the
+        # container-owned containers/ dir — a harmless "Permission denied" on a
+        # best-effort scan (no app configs exist yet). Suppress that noise; the
+        # -print0 output still flows.
+        done < <($scan_op find "$folder_dir" -maxdepth 3 -type d \( -name 'resources' \) -prune -o -type f -name "$file_pattern" -print0 2>/dev/null)
     fi
 
     # Load the categories from the file into an array