diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3a38fb5..2f0bb40 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotusage"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cfaebaf..432ec92 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hotusage"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab4de59..70ccffd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-# <img src="docs/logo.png" alt="" width="25" height="25"> hotusage
+# <img src="docs/logo.png" alt="" width="25" height="25"> hototel
 
 Know what your team's AI coding agents are actually doing — who uses them, on
 which projects, with which models, and what it would cost.
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ whole team's:
 macOS and Linux, one line:
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotdata-dev/hotusage-client/main/install.sh | sh
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotdata-dev/hototel-client/main/install.sh | sh
 ```
 
 Your browser opens, you approve the machine, and the first sync runs
 immediately. Nothing to configure.
 
 On Windows, download the `.zip` from the
-[latest release](https://github.com/hotdata-dev/hotusage-client/releases),
+[latest release](https://github.com/hotdata-dev/hototel-client/releases),
 put `hotusage.exe` somewhere on your PATH, and run `hotusage install`.
 
 ## Ask your agent
diff --git a/docs/internals.md b/docs/internals.md
index 1b2a8bd..020ec94 100644
--- a/docs/internals.md
+++ b/docs/internals.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ First run writes `~/.hotusage/collector.json`:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "server_url": "https://www.hotusage.ai",
+  "server_url": "https://hototel.com",
   "token": "<written by Sign In>",
   "user_email": "you@company.com",
   "interval_minutes": 15,
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fdab43d..e4e297e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # hotusage installer for macOS and Linux.
 #
-#   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotdata-dev/hotusage-client/main/install.sh | sh
+#   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotdata-dev/hototel-client/main/install.sh | sh
 #
 # Downloads the latest release binary for this machine, puts it on PATH,
 # registers it as a background agent (macOS LaunchAgent / systemd user unit),
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # about your organization's usage.
 set -eu
 
-REPO=hotdata-dev/hotusage-client
+REPO=hotdata-dev/hototel-client
 BIN=hotusage
 # What this was called before 0.4.0. `$BIN install` retires the old service
 # registration itself; the stale binary is this script's job, because a copy
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ TXT
     cat <<TXT
 
 note: this machine can report usage but not read it, so the agent skill cannot
-answer questions yet. The hotusage server needs updating; after that, run:
+answer questions yet. The hototel server needs updating; after that, run:
   $dest/$BIN signin --force
 TXT
   fi
diff --git a/src/sync.rs b/src/sync.rs
index d5d4236..a8b84a3 100644
--- a/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/sync.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Config {
-            server_url: "https://www.hotusage.ai".into(),
+            server_url: "https://hototel.com".into(),
             token: String::new(),
             user_email: String::new(),
             interval_minutes: 15,
@@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ pub fn load_config() -> Config {
     if cfg.user_email.is_empty() {
         cfg.user_email = guess_email();
     }
-    // Installs created before the default changed point at the apex, which
-    // 301s to www; a POST that follows it arrives as a GET (401 on sign-in,
-    // a silently discarded upload on sync). Changing the default cannot help
-    // those machines, because their config file already exists -- so repair
-    // the value itself, on the exact host and nothing else.
-    if let Some(fixed) = apex_to_www(&cfg.server_url) {
+    // The service moved from hotusage.ai to hototel.com (Sep 2026; the old
+    // domain still serves during the transition, but is being retired).
+    // Changing the default cannot help existing machines, because their
+    // config file already exists -- so repair the value itself, on the exact
+    // legacy hosts and nothing else. Same token, same backend: only the host
+    // changes. (This replaces the earlier apex-to-www repair, which existed
+    // because the old apex once 301'd POSTs into GETs.)
+    if let Some(fixed) = legacy_to_hototel(&cfg.server_url) {
         cfg.server_url = fixed;
         let _ = save_config(&cfg);
     }
@@ -135,12 +137,14 @@ pub fn load_config() -> Config {
     cfg
 }
 
-/// `https://hotusage.ai[/...]` -> `https://www.hotusage.ai[/...]`, or None
-/// when nothing needs changing.
-fn apex_to_www(url: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    let rest = url.strip_prefix("https://hotusage.ai")?;
+/// `https://hotusage.ai[/...]` or `https://www.hotusage.ai[/...]` ->
+/// `https://hototel.com[/...]`, or None when nothing needs changing.
+fn legacy_to_hototel(url: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let rest = url
+        .strip_prefix("https://www.hotusage.ai")
+        .or_else(|| url.strip_prefix("https://hotusage.ai"))?;
     if rest.is_empty() || rest.starts_with('/') {
-        Some(format!("https://www.hotusage.ai{rest}"))
+        Some(format!("https://hototel.com{rest}"))
     } else {
         None
     }
@@ -557,17 +561,22 @@ pub fn sync(config: &Config) -> Result<String, String> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{apex_to_www, is_loopback, validated_url};
+    use super::{is_loopback, legacy_to_hototel, validated_url};
 
     #[test]
-    fn apex_is_repaired_but_nothing_else_is() {
-        assert_eq!(apex_to_www("https://hotusage.ai").as_deref(),
-                   Some("https://www.hotusage.ai"));
-        assert_eq!(apex_to_www("https://hotusage.ai/").as_deref(),
-                   Some("https://www.hotusage.ai/"));
-        assert!(apex_to_www("https://www.hotusage.ai").is_none());
-        assert!(apex_to_www("https://hotusage.ai.evil.example").is_none());
-        assert!(apex_to_www("https://internal.example").is_none());
+    fn legacy_hosts_are_repaired_but_nothing_else_is() {
+        assert_eq!(legacy_to_hototel("https://hotusage.ai").as_deref(),
+                   Some("https://hototel.com"));
+        assert_eq!(legacy_to_hototel("https://hotusage.ai/").as_deref(),
+                   Some("https://hototel.com/"));
+        assert_eq!(legacy_to_hototel("https://www.hotusage.ai").as_deref(),
+                   Some("https://hototel.com"));
+        assert_eq!(legacy_to_hototel("https://www.hotusage.ai/x").as_deref(),
+                   Some("https://hototel.com/x"));
+        assert!(legacy_to_hototel("https://hototel.com").is_none());
+        assert!(legacy_to_hototel("https://hotusage.ai.evil.example").is_none());
+        assert!(legacy_to_hototel("https://www.hotusage.ai.evil.example").is_none());
+        assert!(legacy_to_hototel("https://internal.example").is_none());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/tray.rs b/src/tray.rs
index d8d643e..a355701 100644
--- a/src/tray.rs
+++ b/src/tray.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const UPDATE_ITEM_POSITION: usize = 4;
 
 /// The releases page, for the platform that has no scripted install.
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
-const RELEASES_URL: &str = "https://github.com/hotdata-dev/hotusage-client/releases/latest";
+const RELEASES_URL: &str = "https://github.com/hotdata-dev/hototel-client/releases/latest";
 
 /// What the update row says. It names the version rather than saying "an
 /// update is available", so the click is a decision about a known thing.
diff --git a/src/update.rs b/src/update.rs
index 02068e2..40f2b34 100644
--- a/src/update.rs
+++ b/src/update.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn private_tempdir() -> Result<std::path::PathBuf, String> {
     Err("could not create a temporary directory".into())
 }
 
-const REPO: &str = "hotdata-dev/hotusage-client";
+const REPO: &str = "hotdata-dev/hototel-client";
 
 /// The installer as it stood at one tag. Pinned rather than tracking `main`:
 /// see the module comment -- this script is executed, and the tag resolved by