diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix
index 4459f23..b75dbea 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@
         # time-to-first-text 2657ms -> 1122ms, wall clock 5.7s -> 2.4s, same
         # answer. A one-line lookup has nothing to reason about.
         #
+        # --name is not cosmetic: without it Claude Code fires a second,
+        # concurrent `source=generate_session_title` request to invent a title
+        # for a session --no-session-persistence then throws away. It costs no
+        # wall time (both requests dispatch ~1ms apart), but it spent 507 input
+        # tokens against 153 for the real question. Naming the session up front
+        # removes it: one request instead of two, 660 input tokens -> 153.
+        #
         # For the record, two things that are NOT the bottleneck, both measured:
         # process startup (0.12s boot + 28ms to fire the request, so keeping a
         # warm process saves nothing) and prompt size (184 input tokens).
@@ -132,6 +139,7 @@
           --permission-mode dontAsk \
           --output-format text \
           --model claude-haiku-4-5 \
+          --name qs-ask \
           --system-prompt 'Answer the question in one or two short sentences, under 240 characters. Lead with the specific fact asked for, including units. No preamble, no caveats, no markdown, no follow-up offers. If you do not know, or the answer depends on live data you do not have, reply with exactly: UNKNOWN' \
           2>/dev/null) \
           || { echo "qs-ask: claude exited non-zero (auth expired? run 'claude' once to log in)" >&2; exit 0; }