diff --git a/airdef-mod/src/sim/route.rs b/airdef-mod/src/sim/route.rs
index 45eb4e5..175a2ac 100644
--- a/airdef-mod/src/sim/route.rs
+++ b/airdef-mod/src/sim/route.rs
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ impl Route {
             }
             // Let pending footprint queries settle before opening a broad, less useful frontier.
             // Otherwise three trucks can saturate the shared world budget without ever moving.
-            if !self.parked.is_empty() { break; }
             if self.expanded >= MAX_NODES {
                 self.settle(now);
                 return;
             }
+            if !self.parked.is_empty() { break; }
         }
         if self.expanded > before {
             self.stuck_since = None;