diff --git a/Scripts/provision-forgejo-nsc.sh b/Scripts/provision-forgejo-nsc.sh
index 890d9a2..f6ab4d9 100755
--- a/Scripts/provision-forgejo-nsc.sh
+++ b/Scripts/provision-forgejo-nsc.sh
@@ -136,8 +136,46 @@ autoscaler_src="${REPO_ROOT}/services/forgejo-nsc/deploy/autoscaler.yaml"
 
 if [[ "${REFRESH_TOKEN}" -eq 1 || ! -s "${token_file}" ]]; then
   "${NSC_BIN}" auth check-login --duration 20m >/dev/null
-  "${NSC_BIN}" auth generate-dev-token --output_to "${token_file}" >/dev/null
+  raw_token_file="$(mktemp)"
+  trap 'rm -f "${raw_token_file}"; cleanup' EXIT
+  "${NSC_BIN}" auth generate-dev-token --output_to "${raw_token_file}" >/dev/null
+  RAW_NSC_TOKEN_FILE="${raw_token_file}" TOKEN_FILE="${token_file}" python3 - <<'PY'
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+raw = Path(os.environ["RAW_NSC_TOKEN_FILE"]).read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+if not raw:
+    raise SystemExit("generated Namespace token is empty")
+
+Path(os.environ["TOKEN_FILE"]).write_text(
+    json.dumps({"bearer_token": raw}, indent=2) + "\n",
+    encoding="utf-8",
+)
+PY
+  rm -f "${raw_token_file}"
   chmod 600 "${token_file}"
+elif [[ -s "${token_file}" ]]; then
+  TOKEN_FILE="${token_file}" python3 - <<'PY'
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+path = Path(os.environ["TOKEN_FILE"])
+raw = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+if not raw:
+    raise SystemExit(0)
+
+try:
+    parsed = json.loads(raw)
+except json.JSONDecodeError:
+    parsed = None
+
+if isinstance(parsed, dict) and isinstance(parsed.get("bearer_token"), str) and parsed["bearer_token"].strip():
+    raise SystemExit(0)
+
+path.write_text(json.dumps({"bearer_token": raw}, indent=2) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+PY
 fi
 
 webhook_secret="$(python3 - <<'PY'
diff --git a/services/forgejo-nsc/README.md b/services/forgejo-nsc/README.md
index f3959de..dbd7e78 100644
--- a/services/forgejo-nsc/README.md
+++ b/services/forgejo-nsc/README.md
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ instances:
 For Burrow, use `Scripts/provision-forgejo-nsc.sh` to mint the Forgejo PAT,
 generate a Namespace token from the logged-in namespace account, and render the
 dispatcher/autoscaler configs into `intake/forgejo_nsc_{dispatcher,autoscaler}.yaml`
-plus `intake/forgejo_nsc_token.txt`.
+plus `intake/forgejo_nsc_token.txt`. The token file is emitted as JSON with a
+`bearer_token` field so both the Compute API path and the `nsc` CLI fallback can
+consume the same secret material.
 
 For ongoing operations, use `Scripts/sync-forgejo-nsc-config.sh`: