diff --git a/src/Circuit/BatchBuilder.php b/src/Circuit/BatchBuilder.php
index 97bf8e3..87ef558 100644
--- a/src/Circuit/BatchBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Circuit/BatchBuilder.php
@@ -52,4 +52,12 @@ public function run(): BatchResult
 
         return $this->device->executeBatch($this->circuits);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the driver this batch is pinned to.
+     */
+    public function driverName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->driverName;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Jobs/PollQuantumTask.php b/src/Jobs/PollQuantumTask.php
index 9a4c0b2..c994044 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/PollQuantumTask.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/PollQuantumTask.php
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public function tries(): int
      */
     public function handle(QuantumManager $manager, Dispatcher $events): void
     {
-        $driverName = $this->driver ?? config('aether.default', 'local');
-        $device = $manager->driver($this->driver);
+        $driverName = $manager->driverAlias($this->driver);
+        $device = $manager->driver($driverName);
 
         if (! $device instanceof AsynchronousDevice || ! $device instanceof QuantumDevice) {
             throw QuantumExecutionException::asynchronousUnsupported($driverName);
diff --git a/src/Jobs/SubmitQuantumCircuit.php b/src/Jobs/SubmitQuantumCircuit.php
index 539ded3..9ed8080 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/SubmitQuantumCircuit.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/SubmitQuantumCircuit.php
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ public function __construct(
      */
     public function handle(QuantumManager $manager): void
     {
-        $driverName = $this->driver ?? config('aether.default', 'local');
-        $device = $manager->driver($this->driver);
+        $driverName = $manager->driverAlias($this->driver);
+        $device = $manager->driver($driverName);
 
         if (! $device instanceof AsynchronousDevice || ! $device instanceof QuantumDevice) {
             throw QuantumExecutionException::asynchronousUnsupported($driverName);
diff --git a/src/QuantumManager.php b/src/QuantumManager.php
index b288eaa..10b7194 100644
--- a/src/QuantumManager.php
+++ b/src/QuantumManager.php
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ public function driver($driver = null)
 
     /**
      * The string alias for a driver argument, which Manager also accepts as an
-     * enum; the fake reports this on the events it dispatches.
+     * enum. The one place in the manager that knows how an absent name
+     * resolves to the default: the fake reports it on the events it
+     * dispatches, and circuit() and batch() pin it onto the builders they
+     * create. The queue jobs ask getDefaultDriver() for the same answer.
      */
-    private function driverAlias(string|UnitEnum|null $driver): string
+    public function driverAlias(string|UnitEnum|null $driver): string
     {
         return match (true) {
             $driver === null => $this->getDefaultDriver(),
@@ -71,10 +74,9 @@ private function driverAlias(string|UnitEnum|null $driver): string
      */
     public function circuit(?string $driver = null): CircuitBuilder
     {
-        return new CircuitBuilder(
-            $this->driver($driver),
-            $driver ?? $this->getDefaultDriver(),
-        );
+        $name = $this->driverAlias($driver);
+
+        return new CircuitBuilder($this->driver($name), $name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,11 +86,9 @@ public function circuit(?string $driver = null): CircuitBuilder
      */
     public function batch(array $circuits, ?string $driver = null): BatchBuilder
     {
-        return new BatchBuilder(
-            $this->driver($driver),
-            array_values($circuits),
-            $driver ?? $this->getDefaultDriver(),
-        );
+        $name = $this->driverAlias($driver);
+
+        return new BatchBuilder($this->driver($name), array_values($circuits), $name);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Feature/QuantumManagerTest.php b/tests/Feature/QuantumManagerTest.php
index 0f99548..4642272 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/QuantumManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/QuantumManagerTest.php
@@ -113,9 +113,18 @@
 });
 
 it('pins the resolved default driver name when no driver is requested', function () {
-    config()->set('aether.default', 'local');
+    config()->set('aether.default', 'aws');
 
     $manager = app(QuantumManager::class);
 
-    expect($manager->circuit()->driverName())->toBe('local');
+    expect($manager->circuit()->driverName())->toBe('aws');
+});
+
+it('pins the resolved default driver name on batches when no driver is requested', function () {
+    config()->set('aether.default', 'aws');
+
+    $manager = app(QuantumManager::class);
+    $batch = $manager->batch([$manager->circuit()->qubits(1)->h(0)->measure()]);
+
+    expect($batch->driverName())->toBe('aws');
 });