diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
index 57a1b45..418feec 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
@@ -297,8 +297,9 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
                     fresh
                 }
                 val env = mutableMapOf(
-                    // The .venv may be shared (symlink) whose editable install
-                    // points elsewhere — PYTHONPATH makes THIS backend win.
+                    // backend/.venv is local to this project (uv venv, editable
+                    // install of THIS backend). PYTHONPATH kept as a belt: it
+                    // pins this code over any other shonar on the interpreter.
                     "PYTHONPATH" to backend.absolutePath,
                     "SHONAR_SECRET_KEY" to secret,
                     // Bundled-lite: one process, SQLite, in-process queue,