diff --git a/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.test.ts b/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.test.ts
index 54370b7d..e59d2121 100644
--- a/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.test.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ describe("channelBadgeText", () => {
     expect(channelBadgeText("prod", true)).toBe("DEV")
   })
 
-  test("returns BETA on beta or dev channel when developer mode is off", () => {
+  test("returns DEV on dev channel and BETA on beta channel when developer mode is off", () => {
+    expect(channelBadgeText("dev", false)).toBe("DEV")
     expect(channelBadgeText("beta", false)).toBe("BETA")
-    expect(channelBadgeText("dev", false)).toBe("BETA")
   })
 
   test("returns null on prod channel when developer mode is off", () => {
diff --git a/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.ts b/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.ts
index 3b873e9b..9d0810a7 100644
--- a/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.ts
+++ b/packages/app-bundle/overlay/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-channel.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
  * Determines the badge text shown in the titlebar channel indicator.
  *
  * - Developer mode ON → "DEV" (regardless of build channel)
- * - Developer mode OFF, beta/dev channel → "BETA"
+ * - Developer mode OFF, dev channel → "DEV" (internal dev builds)
+ * - Developer mode OFF, beta channel → "BETA" (store/beta releases)
  * - Developer mode OFF, prod channel → null (no badge)
  */
 export function channelBadgeText(channel: string, developerEnabled: boolean): "DEV" | "BETA" | null {
   if (developerEnabled) return "DEV"
-  if (["beta", "dev"].includes(channel)) return "BETA"
+  if (channel === "dev") return "DEV"
+  if (channel === "beta") return "BETA"
   return null
 }
diff --git a/packages/extension/package.json b/packages/extension/package.json
index 5f886e7c..0ba8fc37 100644
--- a/packages/extension/package.json
+++ b/packages/extension/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "amicode",
   "displayName": "Amicode",
   "description": "Open autonomous research in VS Code \u2014 vaults, fleet, and live solves for quantum control and physical intelligence.",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "publisher": "harmoniqs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "icon": "media/icon.png",