diff --git a/poc-memory/src/bin/poc-hook.rs b/poc-memory/src/bin/poc-hook.rs
index 389db98..ad05d33 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/bin/poc-hook.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/bin/poc-hook.rs
@@ -265,12 +265,18 @@ fn main() {
                 if agent_done {
                     if let Ok(result) = fs::read_to_string(&result_path) {
                         if !result.trim().is_empty() {
-                            let last_line = result.lines().rev()
-                                .find(|l| !l.trim().is_empty())
-                                .unwrap_or("");
+                            // Search the last 8 non-empty lines for the marker
+                            let tail_lines: Vec<&str> = result.lines().rev()
+                                .filter(|l| !l.trim().is_empty())
+                                .take(8)
+                                .collect();
+                            let has_new = tail_lines.iter()
+                                .any(|l| l.starts_with("NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES:"));
+                            let has_none = tail_lines.iter()
+                                .any(|l| l.starts_with("NO NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES"));
 
-                            if last_line.starts_with("NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES:") {
-                                // Parse key list from lines after the marker
+                            if has_new {
+                                // Parse key list from lines after the last marker
                                 let after_marker = result.rsplit_once("NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES:")
                                     .map(|(_, rest)| rest)
                                     .unwrap_or("");
@@ -305,7 +311,7 @@ fn main() {
                                         }
                                     }
                                 }
-                            } else if !last_line.starts_with("NO NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES") {
+                            } else if !has_none {
                                 // Unexpected output — log error
                                 let log_dir = poc_memory::store::memory_dir().join("logs");
                                 fs::create_dir_all(&log_dir).ok();
@@ -315,8 +321,9 @@ fn main() {
                                 {
                                     use std::io::Write;
                                     let ts = chrono::Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S");
+                                    let last = tail_lines.first().unwrap_or(&"");
                                     let _ = writeln!(f, "[{}] unexpected surface output: {}",
-                                        ts, last_line);
+                                        ts, last);
                                 }
                             }
                         }