diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/update.rs b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/update.rs
index 72b0c391..03633c1e 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/update.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/update.rs
@@ -306,11 +306,14 @@ impl RpcHandler {
                 Ok(o) => {
                     let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr);
                     warn!("Rollback: could not restart {}: {}", name, stderr.trim());
-                    // Container was already removed — try reconcile to recreate with old image
+                    // Container was already removed (forward path ran `podman rm`).
+                    // Use --create-missing so reconcile rebuilds it from its
+                    // canonical spec instead of skipping it as optional.
                     let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("bash")
                         .args([
                             "/opt/archipelago/scripts/reconcile-containers.sh",
                             &format!("--container={}", name),
+                            "--create-missing",
                             "--force",
                         ])
                         .output()