diff --git a/vibn-frontend/app/api/mcp/route.ts b/vibn-frontend/app/api/mcp/route.ts
index 4637c10..bcb6288 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/app/api/mcp/route.ts
+++ b/vibn-frontend/app/api/mcp/route.ts
@@ -4568,18 +4568,26 @@ function normalizeFsPath(
     );
   }
 
-  // Prevent doubled subdirectory paths (e.g. getacquired-2-0/getacquired-2-0/)
-  if (p.startsWith("getacquired-2-0/")) {
-    p = p.substring("getacquired-2-0/".length);
+  // 1. Strip any leading /workspace/
+  let normalized = p.replace(/^\/workspace\//, "");
+
+  // 2. Strip any leading ./
+  if (normalized.startsWith("./")) {
+    normalized = normalized.slice(2);
+  }
+
+  // 3. Strip project slug prefix if the model hallucinates it (e.g. getacquired-2-0/src...)
+  if (projectSlug && normalized.startsWith(`${projectSlug}/`)) {
+    normalized = normalized.slice(projectSlug.length + 1);
+  }
+
+  // Handle any other legacy hardcoded occurrences
+  if (normalized.startsWith("getacquired-2-0/")) {
+    normalized = normalized.substring("getacquired-2-0/".length);
   }
 
   const projectRoot = FS_ROOT;
-  let abs: string;
-  if (p.startsWith("/")) {
-    abs = p;
-  } else {
-    abs = `${projectRoot}/${p}`.replace(/\/+/g, "/");
-  }
+  const abs = `${projectRoot}/${normalized}`.replace(/\/+/g, "/");
   const norm = abs.replace(/\/[^/]+\/\.\.(?=\/|$)/g, "").replace(/\/+/g, "/");
 
   // When projectSlug is set, REJECT paths outside the project root.
@@ -4588,7 +4596,7 @@ function normalizeFsPath(
       return NextResponse.json(
         {
           ok: false,
-          error: `PATH_OUTSIDE_PROJECT: path "${p}" resolves to "${norm}" which is outside the active project at "${projectRoot}". Did you mean "${projectRoot}/${p.replace(/^\/+/, "")}"?`,
+          error: `PATH_OUTSIDE_PROJECT: path "${p}" resolves to "${norm}" which is outside the active project at "${projectRoot}".`,
         },
         { status: 400 },
       );
diff --git a/vibn-frontend/lib/dev-container.ts b/vibn-frontend/lib/dev-container.ts
index 93557a0..061f541 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/lib/dev-container.ts
+++ b/vibn-frontend/lib/dev-container.ts
@@ -827,31 +827,40 @@ export async function startDevServer(
     throw new PortOutOfRangeError(opts.port);
   }
 
-  // 2. Stop ALL tracked rows for this project on the target port.
-  //    Previous runs may have crashed or exited without being marked
-  //    stopped, causing stale rows to accumulate. We reap them
-  //    unconditionally before starting anything new — the AI's intent
-  //    is "I want THIS command on THIS port", so most-recent-write-wins.
-  const existingRows = await query<{ id: string; pid: number | null }>(
-    `SELECT id, pid FROM fs_dev_servers
-      WHERE project_id = $1 AND port = $2 AND state IN ('starting','running','failed')`,
-    [opts.projectId, opts.port],
+  // 2. Stop ALL tracked rows for this project on ALL preview ports.
+  //    Because our socket reaper is infallible, the AI never needs to
+  //    sprawl across multiple ports. We unconditionally reap and stop
+  //    every active preview server for this project before starting a new one
+  //    to keep the dashboard clean and prevent memory leaks.
+  const existingRows = await query<{
+    id: string;
+    pid: number | null;
+    port: number;
+  }>(
+    `SELECT id, pid, port FROM fs_dev_servers
+      WHERE project_id = $1 AND state IN ('starting','running','failed')`,
+    [opts.projectId],
   );
 
   const killPortNodeCmd =
     `node -e '` +
     `const fs = require("fs"); ` +
-    `const port = ${opts.port}; ` +
+    `const portsToKill = [${existingRows
+      .map((r) => r.port)
+      .concat(opts.port)
+      .join(",")}]; ` +
     `try { ` +
-    `const hexPort = port.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0"); ` +
     `const tcp = fs.readFileSync("/proc/net/tcp", "utf8"); ` +
     `const inodes = []; ` +
     `tcp.split("\\n").forEach(line => { ` +
     `const parts = line.trim().split(/\\s+/); ` +
     `if (parts.length > 9) { ` +
     `const local = parts[1]; ` +
+    `for (const p of portsToKill) { ` +
+    `const hexPort = p.toString(16).toUpperCase().padStart(4, "0"); ` +
     `if (local.endsWith(":" + hexPort)) { inodes.push(parts[9]); } ` +
     `} ` +
+    `} ` +
     `}); ` +
     `if (inodes.length > 0) { ` +
     `fs.readdirSync("/proc").forEach(file => { ` +
@@ -872,7 +881,7 @@ export async function startDevServer(
     `}); ` +
     `} ` +
     `} catch (e) { ` +
-    `try { require("child_process").execSync("fuser -k -9 ${opts.port}/tcp 2>/dev/null || true"); } catch (err) {} ` +
+    `try { require("child_process").execSync("fuser -k -9 " + portsToKill.join(",") + "/tcp 2>/dev/null || true"); } catch (err) {} ` +
     `}'`;
 
   for (const row of existingRows) {