diff --git a/gateway_api/tokenize/handler.py b/gateway_api/tokenize/handler.py
index ba277a8..373ff54 100644
--- a/gateway_api/tokenize/handler.py
+++ b/gateway_api/tokenize/handler.py
@@ -89,14 +89,17 @@ def _analyze(text, language="zh"):
 
 
 def _resolve_customer_id(name):
-    # Demo-grade name -> customer_id resolution (one seeded customer, so a scan is
+    # Demo-grade name -> customer_id resolution (small table, so a filtered scan is
     # fine). Best effort: if it fails we still tokenize, just without a RAG link.
+    # NOTE: no `Limit` -- in DynamoDB, Limit caps items *scanned* before the filter
+    # runs, so `Limit=1` returns nothing when the first row scanned isn't the match
+    # (broke once a 2nd customer existed). A GSI on `name` would be the prod fix.
     if not CUSTOMERS:
         return None
     try:
         from boto3.dynamodb.conditions import Attr
 
-        res = CUSTOMERS.scan(FilterExpression=Attr("name").eq(name), Limit=1)
+        res = CUSTOMERS.scan(FilterExpression=Attr("name").eq(name))
         items = res.get("Items", [])
         return items[0]["customer_id"] if items else None
     except Exception: