diff --git a/app/Notifications/CloudReady.php b/app/Notifications/CloudReady.php
index 23ad91a..3d48e24 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/CloudReady.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/CloudReady.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 
 /**
  * Delivers the initial admin credentials once provisioning completes. Queued for
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class CloudReady extends Notification implements ShouldQueue
     public function __construct(
         public Instance $instance,
         public string $adminUser,
-        public string $adminPassword,
+        public string $adminPasswordEncrypted, // ciphertext — safe to serialize into the queue
     ) {}
 
     /** @return array<int, string> */
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class CloudReady extends Notification implements ShouldQueue
             ->greeting(__('provisioning.mail.ready_greeting'))
             ->line(__('provisioning.mail.ready_line'))
             ->line(__('provisioning.mail.ready_user', ['user' => $this->adminUser]))
-            ->line(__('provisioning.mail.ready_password', ['password' => $this->adminPassword]))
+            ->line(__('provisioning.mail.ready_password', ['password' => Crypt::decryptString($this->adminPasswordEncrypted)]))
             ->action(__('provisioning.mail.ready_action'), $url);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/CompleteProvisioning.php b/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/CompleteProvisioning.php
index 7d6cccb..d3a2054 100644
--- a/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/CompleteProvisioning.php
+++ b/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/CompleteProvisioning.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace App\Provisioning\Steps\Customer;
 use App\Models\ProvisioningRun;
 use App\Notifications\CloudReady;
 use App\Provisioning\StepResult;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Notification;
 
 class CompleteProvisioning extends CustomerStep
@@ -33,8 +32,10 @@ class CompleteProvisioning extends CustomerStep
 
         $encrypted = $run->context('admin_password');
         if ($encrypted !== null && ! $this->hasResource($run, 'credentials_sent')) {
+            // Pass the ENCRYPTED password — CloudReady is queued, so plaintext
+            // would land in the queue payload; it decrypts only when building the mail.
             Notification::route('mail', $order->customer->email)->notify(
-                new CloudReady($instance, (string) $instance->nc_admin_ref, Crypt::decryptString($encrypted)),
+                new CloudReady($instance, (string) $instance->nc_admin_ref, $encrypted),
             );
             // Record delivery so a retry after a crash doesn't re-send.
             $this->recordResource($run, $instance->host, 'credentials_sent', (string) $instance->nc_admin_ref);
diff --git a/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/RegisterBackup.php b/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/RegisterBackup.php
index 26435c0..123ef49 100644
--- a/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/RegisterBackup.php
+++ b/app/Provisioning/Steps/Customer/RegisterBackup.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RegisterBackup extends CustomerStep
         }
 
         $instance = $this->instance($run);
-        $schedule = 'daily 02:00';
+        $schedule = '02:00'; // Proxmox calendar-event: daily at 02:00
 
         // Create a real scheduled vzdump job on the host [E] before recording it.
         $jobId = $this->pve->forHost($instance->host)