diff --git a/jey_erp/hooks.py b/jey_erp/hooks.py
index 4caab6b..fbf1241 100644
--- a/jey_erp/hooks.py
+++ b/jey_erp/hooks.py
@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@ app_license = "unlicense"
 boot_session = "jey_erp.extend_party_types.apply_vat_boot_patches"
 
 app_include_js = [
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/vat_calculator.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/sales_invoice.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/sales_invoice_vat.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/sales_invoice_tax_articles.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/sales_invoice_certificates.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/sales_order_vat.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/asset.js",
-    "/assets/jey_erp/js/link_field_fix.js",
-    "bank_excel_import.bundle.js",
+    # Desk-wide scripts ONLY. Every entry here is appended to the desk's
+    # `Link: rel=preload` response header; the edge proxy has a ~4 KB header
+    # buffer and overflowing it returns 502 (see jey_layout/hooks.py). Keep this
+    # list minimal — form-specific scripts belong in doctype_js below.
+    "/assets/jey_erp/js/link_field_fix.js",  # global link-field patch
+    "bank_excel_import.bundle.js",  # launched from Bank Transaction list + Reconciliation Tool
 ]
 
 app_include_css = [
@@ -26,11 +23,24 @@ app_include_css = [
 ]
 
 doctype_js = {
-    # sales_classification.js loaded via doctype_js (NOT app_include_js) so it
-    # does NOT bloat the desk's `Link: rel=preload` header — the edge proxy has a
-    # 4 KB header buffer and overflowing it returns 502. See jey_layout/hooks.py.
-    "Sales Invoice": ["public/js/sales_invoice.js", "public/js/sales_classification.js"],
-    "Sales Order": "public/js/sales_classification.js",
+    # Form-specific scripts load here (NOT app_include_js) so they never enter the
+    # desk `Link: rel=preload` header — the edge proxy has a ~4 KB buffer and
+    # overflowing it returns 502 (see jey_layout/hooks.py).
+    # ORDER MATTERS: vat_calculator.js defines jey_erp.vat_calculator and the
+    # *_vat.js scripts call .init() at load time, so it must be listed first.
+    "Sales Invoice": [
+        "public/js/vat_calculator.js",
+        "public/js/sales_invoice_vat.js",
+        "public/js/sales_invoice_tax_articles.js",
+        "public/js/sales_invoice_certificates.js",
+        "public/js/sales_classification.js",
+    ],
+    "Sales Order": [
+        "public/js/vat_calculator.js",
+        "public/js/sales_order_vat.js",
+        "public/js/sales_classification.js",
+    ],
+    "Asset": "public/js/asset.js",
     "Purchase Invoice": "public/js/purchase_invoice.js",
     "Employee": "public/js/employee.js",
     "Bank Reconciliation Tool": "public/js/bank_reconciliation_tool.js",
diff --git a/jey_erp/public/js/sales_invoice.js b/jey_erp/public/js/sales_invoice.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000