diff --git a/website/lib/ui/site-footer.ts b/website/lib/ui/site-footer.ts
index 1912a360c..0244294f1 100644
--- a/website/lib/ui/site-footer.ts
+++ b/website/lib/ui/site-footer.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function siteFooter() {
         </nav>
         <div class="pt-8 border-t border-border flex flex-col md:flex-row justify-between items-center gap-4 text-fg-subtle text-xs">
           <div><a class="no-underline hover:text-accent transition-colors" href=${GH_URL + '/blob/main/LICENSE'} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MIT License${NEW_TAB}</a></div>
-          <div class="flex items-center gap-1">Built with webjs <svg class="heart" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 21.35l-1.45-1.32C5.4 15.36 2 12.28 2 8.5 2 5.42 4.42 3 7.5 3c1.74 0 3.41.81 4.5 2.09C13.09 3.81 14.76 3 16.5 3 19.58 3 22 5.42 22 8.5c0 3.78-3.4 6.86-8.55 11.54L12 21.35z"/></svg></div>
+          <div class="flex items-center gap-1">Built with WebJs <svg class="heart" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 21.35l-1.45-1.32C5.4 15.36 2 12.28 2 8.5 2 5.42 4.42 3 7.5 3c1.74 0 3.41.81 4.5 2.09C13.09 3.81 14.76 3 16.5 3 19.58 3 22 5.42 22 8.5c0 3.78-3.4 6.86-8.55 11.54L12 21.35z"/></svg></div>
         </div>
       </div>
     </footer>
diff --git a/website/test/ssr/nav-and-routes.test.ts b/website/test/ssr/nav-and-routes.test.ts
index a6c755c06..bbf71be25 100644
--- a/website/test/ssr/nav-and-routes.test.ts
+++ b/website/test/ssr/nav-and-routes.test.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,23 @@ test('no internal link still points at the old /why path', async () => {
     assert.ok(!/href="\/why"/.test(out), 'no chrome link targets the pre-rename path');
   }
 });
+
+test('the footer writes the brand name with proper casing', async () => {
+  // Invariant 11: WebJs is capitalized wherever it NAMES the project in prose,
+  // and the lowercase `webjs` form is reserved for literal code tokens (a CLI
+  // command, the domain, an `@webjsdev` package, a config key, an env var).
+  // The footer renders on EVERY page, so a slip here is the most-viewed
+  // instance of the brand name on the site, and it shipped that way once
+  // already (#1190).
+  //
+  // The edit-time hook that enforces casing only scans NEW content, so a string
+  // already in the tree is never re-checked and CI has no equivalent. This test
+  // is that missing check, scoped to the one surface that matters most.
+  const out = await renderToString(siteFooter());
+  assert.ok(out.includes('Built with WebJs'), 'footer credits the brand with proper casing');
+  assert.ok(!/Built with webjs/.test(out), 'and never the lowercase code-token form');
+
+  // Route paths are NOT prose and must stay lowercase, so guard against an
+  // over-eager fix that "corrects" the hrefs and breaks every comparison link.
+  assert.ok(out.includes('href="/compare/webjs-vs-nextjs"'), 'url paths stay lowercase');
+});