diff --git a/src/tui/components/SemanticNarrativePanel.test.ts b/src/tui/components/SemanticNarrativePanel.test.ts
index b32fbfd..da8ab66 100644
--- a/src/tui/components/SemanticNarrativePanel.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/components/SemanticNarrativePanel.test.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class MockSemanticNarrativeManager {
 let mockManagerInstance: MockSemanticNarrativeManager;
 
 vi.mock('../../semanticNarrative.js', () => ({
-  getSemanticNarrativeManager: vi.fn(() => mockManagerInstance),
+  getSemanticNarrativeManager: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
 // Import after mocking
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ describe('SemanticNarrativePanel', () => {
     mockManagerInstance.onUpdate = vi.fn(() => () => {});
     mockManagerInstance.clear = vi.fn();
 
+    // Update the mock to return the new instance
+    (getSemanticNarrativeManager as Mock).mockReturnValue(mockManagerInstance);
+
     mockScreen = createMockScreen();
     onSelectCallback = vi.fn();