diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 068c3c0..8c485bb 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 # Full EigenScript source at the pinned tag; build the gfx variant (the
 # binary hard-links to src/eigenscript, which finds lib/ next to it).
-ARG EIGS_REF=v0.44.0
+ARG EIGS_REF=v0.45.0
 RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch "${EIGS_REF}" \
         https://github.com/InauguralSystems/EigenScript.git /opt/eigenscript \
  && make -C /opt/eigenscript gfx CC=gcc
diff --git a/tests/test_orbit_hist.sh b/tests/test_orbit_hist.sh
index 08c65fc..00049b0 100755
--- a/tests/test_orbit_hist.sh
+++ b/tests/test_orbit_hist.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ check() {
     fi
     # the trim is display-only.
     [ "$tailm" = "1" ]  || { [ -n "$quiet" ] || echo "FAIL: retained points are not the tail of the uncapped run"; bad=1; }
-    [ "$frameq" = "1" ] || { [ -n "$quiet" ] || echo "FAIL: capped and uncapped runs disagree on frame count"; bad=1; }
-    [ "$stateq" = "1" ] || { [ -n "$quiet" ] || echo "FAIL: capped and uncapped runs disagree on the current state"; bad=1; }
+    [ "$frameq" = "true" ] || { [ -n "$quiet" ] || echo "FAIL: capped and uncapped runs disagree on frame count"; bad=1; }
+    [ "$stateq" = "true" ] || { [ -n "$quiet" ] || echo "FAIL: capped and uncapped runs disagree on the current state"; bad=1; }
     return $bad
 }