diff --git a/server/handlers/workflow_store_test.go b/server/handlers/workflow_store_test.go
index adaaa89..84e2f6a 100644
--- a/server/handlers/workflow_store_test.go
+++ b/server/handlers/workflow_store_test.go
@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@ import (
 	"switchboard-core/store/sqlite"
 )
 
-// jsonEq compares two JSON byte slices ignoring whitespace differences
-// (PG JSONB normalizes spacing, SQLite preserves it verbatim).
+// jsonEq compares two JSON byte slices ignoring whitespace and key order
+// (PG JSONB normalizes spacing and may reorder keys).
 func jsonEq(a, b json.RawMessage) bool {
-	var ca, cb bytes.Buffer
-	if err := json.Compact(&ca, a); err != nil {
+	var va, vb interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(a, &va); err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	if err := json.Compact(&cb, b); err != nil {
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &vb); err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return ca.String() == cb.String()
+	na, _ := json.Marshal(va)
+	nb, _ := json.Marshal(vb)
+	return bytes.Equal(na, nb)
 }
 
 // testStores returns an appropriate Stores for the current dialect.