diff --git a/app/routers_v2/players.py b/app/routers_v2/players.py
index dbb2ea4..744bad6 100644
--- a/app/routers_v2/players.py
+++ b/app/routers_v2/players.py
@@ -915,7 +915,9 @@ async def get_batter_card(
     #     save_as=f'{player_id}-{d}-v{variant}.png'
     # )
 
-    # Schedule S3 upload for variant cards that don't have an image_url yet
+    # Schedule S3 upload for variant cards that don't have an image_url yet.
+    # Skip when tier is overridden (?tier= dev preview) — those renders don't
+    # correspond to real variant card rows.
     if variant > 0 and tier is None:
         CardModel = BattingCard if card_type == "batting" else PitchingCard
         try:
diff --git a/app/services/card_storage.py b/app/services/card_storage.py
index 38def67..7ad4513 100644
--- a/app/services/card_storage.py
+++ b/app/services/card_storage.py
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ def backfill_variant_image_url(
         # 4. Locate the card row and update image_url
         if card_type == "batting":
             card = BattingCard.get(
-                BattingCard.player == player_id, BattingCard.variant == variant
+                BattingCard.player_id == player_id, BattingCard.variant == variant
             )
         else:
             card = PitchingCard.get(
-                PitchingCard.player == player_id, PitchingCard.variant == variant
+                PitchingCard.player_id == player_id, PitchingCard.variant == variant
             )
 
         card.image_url = image_url
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d2cd9d..c27075d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ requests==2.32.3
 html2image==2.0.6
 jinja2==3.1.4
 playwright==1.45.1
-boto3>=1.34.0
+boto3==1.42.65