diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/decky.yml b/.gitea/workflows/decky.yml
index a5363174..e72bde05 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/decky.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/decky.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ env:
   REGISTRY: git.unom.io
   OWNER: unom
   PACKAGE: punktfunk-decky        # generic-registry package name
-  PLUGIN: punktfunk               # plugin.json "name" == zip top-level dir
+  # The plugin's ON-DISK dir == the zip's top-level dir. Deliberately NOT plugin.json "name"
+  # (that is the brand-cased label Decky lists, and it locates a plugin by matching it, not by
+  # the folder) — see clients/decky/scripts/package.sh.
+  PLUGIN: punktfunk
 
 jobs:
   build-publish:
diff --git a/clients/decky/plugin.json b/clients/decky/plugin.json
index 9f179723..dc6a5f77 100644
--- a/clients/decky/plugin.json
+++ b/clients/decky/plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "punktfunk",
+  "name": "Punktfunk",
   "author": "enrico",
   "flags": ["debug"],
   "api_version": 1,
diff --git a/clients/decky/scripts/deploy.sh b/clients/decky/scripts/deploy.sh
index 2d3eb202..db004de3 100755
--- a/clients/decky/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/clients/decky/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 DECK="${DECK:?set DECK=deck@<ip>}"
-NAME="$(python3 -c 'import json;print(json.load(open("'"$HERE"'/plugin.json"))["name"])')"
+# The on-disk plugin DIR (what scripts/package.sh staged into out/), not plugin.json "name" —
+# that field is the brand-cased label Decky shows in its plugin list. See package.sh's header.
+NAME=punktfunk
 STAGE_LOCAL="$HERE/out/$NAME"
 [ -d "$STAGE_LOCAL" ] || { echo "$STAGE_LOCAL missing — run scripts/package.sh first" >&2; exit 1; }
 
diff --git a/clients/decky/scripts/package.sh b/clients/decky/scripts/package.sh
index 9c07cf12..6e517563 100755
--- a/clients/decky/scripts/package.sh
+++ b/clients/decky/scripts/package.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 #                                                  package.json,decky.pyi,LICENSE,README.md}
 #   out/punktfunk/                 (the same tree, unzipped — rsync this with scripts/deploy.sh)
 #
-# Decky extracts the zip with --strip-components=1, so the single top-level dir MUST equal
-# plugin.json "name". Run after `pnpm build` (or use `pnpm run package`). Host-agnostic: needs
-# only bash, python3 and zip.
+# The single top-level dir is the plugin's ON-DISK folder name (Decky extracts the zip as-is,
+# so the dir in the zip becomes ~/homebrew/plugins/<dir>). It is deliberately NOT read from
+# plugin.json "name": that field is the user-visible label ("Punktfunk", brand-cased, shown in
+# Decky's plugin list) and Decky locates an installed plugin by MATCHING it, never by the folder
+# name. Keeping the folder lowercase means a rename of the label can't strand the old directory
+# next to a new one (which would show up as two plugins).
+# Run after `pnpm build` (or use `pnpm run package`). Host-agnostic: needs only bash, python3 and zip.
 set -euo pipefail
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 cd "$HERE"
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ cd "$HERE"
 [ -f dist/index.js ] || { echo "dist/index.js missing — run 'pnpm build' first" >&2; exit 1; }
 [ -f LICENSE ]       || { echo "LICENSE missing (required by the Decky store)" >&2; exit 1; }
 
-NAME="$(python3 -c 'import json;print(json.load(open("plugin.json"))["name"])')"
+NAME=punktfunk   # the on-disk plugin dir (see the header) — NOT plugin.json "name"
 VER="$(python3 -c 'import json;print(json.load(open("package.json"))["version"])')"
 
 STAGE="$(mktemp -d)"
diff --git a/clients/decky/src/hooks.ts b/clients/decky/src/hooks.ts
index 0c1911dc..8f2fde12 100644
--- a/clients/decky/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/clients/decky/src/hooks.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,10 @@ export async function applyUpdate(
         // before any result could arrive — so never await it. Decky shows its own confirm prompt.
         void backend.callable("utilities/install_plugin")(
           info.artifact,
-          "punktfunk",
+          // The name Decky uninstalls before extracting the new zip — it locates the folder by
+          // matching plugin.json "name", so this must equal THIS build's plugin.json name (the
+          // brand-cased one), not the lowercase on-disk dir.
+          "Punktfunk",
           info.latest,
           info.hash,
           INSTALL_TYPE_UPDATE,
diff --git a/clients/decky/src/index.tsx b/clients/decky/src/index.tsx
index 24c5e180..e5ec1d6b 100644
--- a/clients/decky/src/index.tsx
+++ b/clients/decky/src/index.tsx
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ export default definePlugin(() => {
   // controller config. Fire-and-forget: cosmetic library upkeep must never block plugin load.
   void ensureGamepadUiShortcut();
   return {
-    // `name` is the plugin's INTERNAL id — it must stay in sync with plugin.json (the loader
-    // keys plugins by it), so it stays lowercase; user-facing strings say "Punktfunk".
-    name: "punktfunk",
+    // `name` must stay in sync with plugin.json (the loader keys plugins by it) — and it is
+    // USER-VISIBLE: Decky labels the entry in its plugin list with it, so it carries the brand
+    // case. Decky finds an installed plugin by matching plugin.json "name" (never the folder
+    // name), so this is independent of the on-disk dir, which stays lowercase `punktfunk`.
+    name: "Punktfunk",
     // `staticClasses?.Title` is guarded so a future client that drops the export can't throw
     // at plugin-load time (an error boundary only catches render-time, not load-time, errors).
     titleView: <div className={staticClasses?.Title}>Punktfunk</div>,