diff --git a/app/Services/Maintenance/MaintenanceNotifier.php b/app/Services/Maintenance/MaintenanceNotifier.php
index a6cfa22..5be9c42 100644
--- a/app/Services/Maintenance/MaintenanceNotifier.php
+++ b/app/Services/Maintenance/MaintenanceNotifier.php
@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@ class MaintenanceNotifier
 
         $mail->notificationId = $delivery->id;
         try {
-            Mail::to($customer->email)
+            // Mail::to() alone resolves the DEFAULT mailer. Illuminate\Mail\Mailer::queue()
+            // then runs `$view->mailer($this->name)->queue(...)` — that overwrites the
+            // mailable's own purpose mailer (set in its constructor, e.g. 'cp_maintenance')
+            // with the default's name before the job is even built. Naming the mailer here
+            // makes that overwrite a no-op: $this->name on the resolved Mailer is already
+            // $mail->mailer, so it writes back the same value.
+            Mail::mailer($mail->mailer)
+                ->to($customer->email)
                 ->locale($customer->locale ?: config('app.locale'))
                 ->queue($mail);
         } catch (\Throwable $e) {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Mail/SenderAddressTest.php b/tests/Feature/Mail/SenderAddressTest.php
index 37426f5..1a8f6ac 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Mail/SenderAddressTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Mail/SenderAddressTest.php
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ use App\Models\Mailbox;
 use App\Models\MaintenanceWindow;
 use App\Notifications\CloudReady;
 use App\Services\Mail\MailPurpose;
+use App\Services\Maintenance\MaintenanceNotifier;
 use App\Support\Settings;
+use Illuminate\Mail\SendQueuedMailable;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
 
 beforeEach(function () {
     config()->set('admin_access.secrets_key', 'base64:'.base64_encode(random_bytes(32)));
@@ -61,12 +64,33 @@ it('sets Reply-To on an answerable mailbox, so a customer reply reaches a human'
 });
 
 it('names the purpose mailer so the queue worker picks the right transport', function () {
-    $mail = new MaintenanceAnnouncementMail(
-        MaintenanceWindow::factory()->create(),
-        Customer::factory()->create(),
+    // A bare, never-queued mailable proves nothing here: the constructor sets
+    // $this->mailer correctly regardless of what MaintenanceNotifier does.
+    // Illuminate\Mail\Mailer::queue() (vendor Mailer.php) runs
+    // `$view->mailer($this->name)->queue(...)` — if MaintenanceNotifier queues
+    // through the bare `Mail` facade instead of `Mail::mailer($mail->mailer)`,
+    // that resolves the DEFAULT mailer ('array' in tests) and overwrites the
+    // mailable's own 'cp_maintenance' with it BEFORE the queued job is even
+    // built. The only way to see that is to actually queue it and inspect the
+    // job that comes out the other side.
+    Mailbox::factory()->create(['key' => 'no-reply', 'address' => 'no-reply@clupilot.com', 'no_reply' => true]);
+    Settings::set(MailPurpose::settingKey(MailPurpose::MAINTENANCE), 'no-reply');
+
+    Queue::fake();
+
+    $window = MaintenanceWindow::factory()->create();
+    $customer = Customer::factory()->create();
+
+    app(MaintenanceNotifier::class)->deliver(
+        $window,
+        $customer,
+        'announcement',
+        new MaintenanceAnnouncementMail($window, $customer),
     );
 
-    expect($mail->mailer)->toBe('cp_maintenance');
+    Queue::assertPushed(SendQueuedMailable::class, function (SendQueuedMailable $job) {
+        return $job->mailable->mailer === 'cp_maintenance';
+    });
 });
 
 it('gives the cancellation mail the same sender as the announcement', function () {