diff --git a/questions/index.yaml b/questions/index.yaml
index 305c768..c8cdcbc 100644
--- a/questions/index.yaml
+++ b/questions/index.yaml
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ alternatives:
           public: true
           # /pulse (redoal ADR-0023) returns { voices_echoed: N }; shape
           # it into one card — the number as the heading, the phrase
-          # beneath. The card renders unlinked when the relay is quiet.
+          # beneath. Emit a bare object, not a wrapped [ … ]: the portal
+          # collects the jq output stream into an array itself, so a
+          # wrapping [ ] nests it ([[{…}]]) and drops to a raw JSON dump.
           jq: >
-            [{ "name": (.voices_echoed | tostring),
-               "description": "voices echoed so far" }]
+            { "name": (.voices_echoed | tostring),
+              "description": "voices echoed so far" }
           empty: The first voice hasn't echoed yet.
       - name: A drawing is an address
         description: >