diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs b/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
index 64c1caf..4a618ea 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
@@ -287,10 +287,17 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &ManagerRequest, coord: &Arc<Coordinator>) -> ManagerResp
         ManagerRequest::GetLogs { agent, lines } => {
             let n = lines.unwrap_or(50);
             // `journalctl -M` wants the *machine* name, not the
-            // logical agent name. Map it the same way every other
-            // lifecycle verb does so the caller passes `gui` and we
-            // resolve `h-gui` (manager stays `hm1nd`).
-            let machine = crate::lifecycle::container_name(agent);
+            // logical agent name: `gui` → `h-gui`. `container_name`
+            // does that and passes `hm1nd` through unprefixed — but
+            // it doesn't know the broker-logical manager name
+            // `"manager"` (it'd wrongly produce `h-manager`), so
+            // handle that alias explicitly. Either manager spelling
+            // resolves to the unprefixed `hm1nd` machine.
+            let machine = if agent == MANAGER_AGENT {
+                crate::lifecycle::MANAGER_NAME.to_owned()
+            } else {
+                crate::lifecycle::container_name(agent)
+            };
             tracing::info!(%agent, %machine, %n, "manager: get_logs");
             match tokio::process::Command::new("journalctl")
                 .args([