diff --git a/phase5_migrate_pipelines.sh b/phase5_migrate_pipelines.sh
index 47e6d28..5052e06 100755
--- a/phase5_migrate_pipelines.sh
+++ b/phase5_migrate_pipelines.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/lib/common.sh"
 load_env
 require_vars GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN GITEA_INTERNAL_URL GITEA_ORG_NAME \
              GITEA_ADMIN_USER GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD \
-             REPO_1_NAME REPO_2_NAME REPO_3_NAME
+             REPO_NAMES
 
 phase_header 5 "Migrate Pipelines (GitHub → Gitea Actions)"
 
-REPOS=("$REPO_1_NAME" "$REPO_2_NAME" "$REPO_3_NAME")
+read -ra REPOS <<< "$REPO_NAMES"
 TEMP_BASE="/tmp/gitea-migration"
 MIGRATION_HEADER="# Migrated from GitHub Actions — review for Gitea compatibility"
 GITEA_BASE_URL="${GITEA_INTERNAL_URL%/}"