diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f25335..2acf168 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ same young frontier city: train skills Melvor-style (your character keeps
 working for up to a day while you're away), supply the city council, and get
 the city ready for bandit raids that arrive at times the game picks.
 
-Alpha. One season, bandit raids plus two friendly events, six buildings.
+Beta. The core game is in place; changes from here are mostly balance and tuning.
 
 ## What's in it
 
diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index 63ccec5..7496c03 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function render() {
   for (const el of document.querySelectorAll("[data-keep]")) kept[el.dataset.keep] = el.value;
   const focus = document.activeElement?.dataset?.keep;
 
-  setHtml($("#side"), S.me ? sidebar() : `<div class="brand"><img src="/static/icon.svg" alt="">Guildhall <small>alpha</small></div>${S.dev ? devbar() : ""}`);
+  setHtml($("#side"), S.me ? sidebar() : `<div class="brand"><img src="/static/icon.svg" alt="">Guildhall <small>beta</small></div>${S.dev ? devbar() : ""}`);
   setHtml($("#top"), topbar());
   // The fires keep burning through a re-render: put the old canvases back in place of the new ones.
   const burning = [...document.querySelectorAll("canvas[data-flame]")];
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function sidebar() {
   const raid = S.upcoming?.kind === "raid";
   const takeable = (S.orders || []).filter(canTake).length;
   let html = `
-    <div class="brand"><img src="/static/icon.svg" alt="">Guildhall <small>alpha</small></div>
+    <div class="brand"><img src="/static/icon.svg" alt="">Guildhall <small>beta</small></div>
     <div class="me">
       <div class="who">${esc(me.name)}</div>
       <div class="cls">${cls.icon} ${cls.name} · ${HEART} <span data-live-hp>${fmt(me.hp)}</span>/${me.max_hp}</div>