diff --git a/scripts/podx-tools.sh b/scripts/podx-tools.sh
index 798b155..680339a 100755
--- a/scripts/podx-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/podx-tools.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ _kb_id_by_name() {
   local kb_name="$1"
   local json; json="$(_owui_get_kb_list)"
   # Robust KB name resolver: Unicode/space-insensitive, prefers most recently updated
-  python3 - "$kb_name" <<'PY' || true
+  printf '%s' "$json" | python3 - "$kb_name" <<'PY' || true
 import sys, json, unicodedata as ud
 
 def norm(s: str) -> str:
@@ -378,6 +378,23 @@ else:
     print('', end='')
 PY
     <<<"$json")"
+    # Fallback: if the list contains exactly one KB, use its id
+    if [ -z "$id" ]; then
+      id="$(printf '%s' "$json" | python3 - <<'PY' || true
+import sys, json
+raw=sys.stdin.read().strip()
+try:
+    d=json.loads(raw)
+except Exception:
+    print('', end=''); raise SystemExit(0)
+items = d.get('data') if isinstance(d, dict) and isinstance(d.get('data'), list) else (d if isinstance(d, list) else [])
+if isinstance(items, list) and len(items)==1:
+    print(items[0].get('id',''), end='')
+else:
+    print('', end='')
+PY
+)"
+    fi
     if [ -n "$id" ]; then
       echo "[owui] resolved id for \"$name\": $id"
     else