diff --git a/app/igneum-app/ui/index.html b/app/igneum-app/ui/index.html
index 5d27fb6f..3e9b53aa 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/ui/index.html
+++ b/app/igneum-app/ui/index.html
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
         <label class="switch"><input type="checkbox" id="s-login"><span class="track"></span><span class="sw-text"><b>Start at login</b> <span class="dim">Opens when you sign in and keeps mining in the background.</span></span></label>
         <label class="switch"><input type="checkbox" id="s-profile"><span class="track"></span><span class="sw-text"><b>Make my page public</b> <span class="dim" id="s-profile-text">Off: igneum.network/address keeps your page unlisted. Nothing about this machine is published.</span></span></label>
         <label class="switch"><input type="checkbox" id="s-jobs-allow"><span class="track"></span><span class="sw-text"><b>Allow remote jobs from Igneum</b> <span class="dim">Signed jobs from the team (a benchmark, a script, logs to collect) run here once and report back.</span></span></label>
-        <div class="row wrap indent"><span class="note" id="s-jobs-note"></span><button class="btn tiny ghost" id="s-jobs-check">Check now</button><button class="btn tiny ghost" id="s-jobs-history-btn" aria-expanded="false">History</button></div>
+        <div class="row wrap indent"><span class="note" id="s-jobs-note"></span><button class="btn tiny ghost" id="s-jobs-check">Check for jobs</button><button class="btn tiny ghost" id="s-jobs-history-btn" aria-expanded="false">History</button></div>
         <div class="details indent" id="s-jobs-history" hidden></div>
         <p class="note mono small indent" id="s-jobs-key" hidden></p>
         <div class="field">
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="row">
             <button class="btn small primary" id="s-install" hidden>Install now</button>
-            <button class="btn small" id="s-update">Check</button>
+            <button class="btn small" id="s-update">Check for an update</button>
           </div>
         </div>
         <label class="switch"><input type="checkbox" id="s-auto-update"><span class="track"></span><span class="sw-text"><b>Install updates by itself</b> <span class="dim">Downloads in the background and installs at a quiet moment, never mid-program.</span></span></label>
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/ui/view.test.mjs b/app/igneum-app/ui/view.test.mjs
index 4b9797ae..d367cecf 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/ui/view.test.mjs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/ui/view.test.mjs
@@ -1055,3 +1055,17 @@ test('a locale with no currency row falls back to USD with the override prompt v
   assert.equal(V.currencyAsk(V.currencyChoice({}, 'en-GB')), '');
   assert.ok(pageHtml.includes('id="s-currency-ask"') && pageHtml.includes('id="region-currency-ask"'), 'the prompt element on Settings and on the first-run step');
 });
+
+// ---------- the two check buttons on Settings (7 October 2026, main's ruling after a "Check now" pressed for the wrong check) ----------
+// The update check and the remote-jobs check sat as "Check" and "Check now"; a reader (and a lane) took the jobs one for
+// the update one. Each button now names its check, and each handler posts its own route.
+test('Settings: "Check for an update" posts api/update/check and "Check for jobs" posts api/jobs/check (known-failed on the old labels)', () => {
+  const html = readFileSync(join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), 'index.html'), 'utf8');
+  assert.match(html, /<button class="btn small" id="s-update">Check for an update<\/button>/, 'the update button names its check');
+  assert.match(html, /<button class="btn tiny ghost" id="s-jobs-check">Check for jobs<\/button>/, 'the jobs button names its check');
+  assert.equal((html.match(/>Check now</g) || []).length, 0, 'no bare "Check now" left on the page');
+  const upd = /\$\('s-update'\)\.addEventListener\('click', function \(\) \{ api\('api\/update\/check', \{\}\);/.exec(src);
+  const jobs = /\$\('s-jobs-check'\)\.addEventListener\('click', function \(\) \{ api\('api\/jobs\/check', \{\}\);/.exec(src);
+  assert.ok(upd, 'the update button posts api/update/check'); assert.ok(jobs, 'the jobs button posts api/jobs/check');
+  assert.equal(/\$\('s-update'\)[^\n]*api\/jobs\/check/.test(src), false); assert.equal(/\$\('s-jobs-check'\)[^\n]*api\/update\/check/.test(src), false);
+});