diff --git a/services/mam-api/src/routes/jobs.js b/services/mam-api/src/routes/jobs.js
index 8227006..a2f8cd0 100644
--- a/services/mam-api/src/routes/jobs.js
+++ b/services/mam-api/src/routes/jobs.js
@@ -81,6 +81,37 @@ async function getAllBullMQJobs() {
   return results;
 }
 
+// Mutate `jobs` in place to fill in asset_name from the assets table for any
+// job that has an assetId but no inline assetName in its payload. One bulk
+// SQL query per refresh — cheap, and means we don't have to remember to pass
+// assetName at every enqueue site (upload.js, capture stop, scheduler, etc.).
+async function attachAssetNames(jobs) {
+  const idsNeedingLookup = [...new Set(
+    jobs.filter(j => j.asset_id && !j.asset_name).map(j => j.asset_id)
+  )];
+  if (idsNeedingLookup.length === 0) return;
+
+  let rows = [];
+  try {
+    const result = await pool.query(
+      'SELECT id, display_name, filename FROM assets WHERE id = ANY($1::uuid[])',
+      [idsNeedingLookup]
+    );
+    rows = result.rows;
+  } catch {
+    // If the lookup fails (DB down, bad UUID in a stale BullMQ payload), keep
+    // serving jobs without names rather than 500-ing the whole list.
+    return;
+  }
+  const byId = new Map(rows.map(r => [r.id, r.display_name || r.filename]));
+  for (const j of jobs) {
+    if (j.asset_id && !j.asset_name) {
+      const name = byId.get(j.asset_id);
+      if (name) j.asset_name = name;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // ── GET /events – Server-Sent Events stream of live job updates ───────────────
 router.get('/events', async (req, res) => {
   res.setHeader('Content-Type',      'text/event-stream');
@@ -96,6 +127,7 @@ router.get('/events', async (req, res) => {
     if (closed) return;
     try {
       const jobs = await getAllBullMQJobs();
+      await attachAssetNames(jobs);
       if (!closed) res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ type: 'jobs', jobs })}\n\n`);
     } catch (err) {
       if (!closed) res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', message: err.message })}\n\n`);
@@ -111,6 +143,7 @@ router.get('/', async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
     const { type, status, asset_id } = req.query;
     let jobs = await getAllBullMQJobs();
+    await attachAssetNames(jobs);
 
     if (type)     jobs = jobs.filter(j => j.type === type);
     if (status)   jobs = jobs.filter(j => j.status === status);
@@ -138,7 +171,9 @@ router.get('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
         if (job) {
           const state = await job.getState();
           const apiStatus = STATE_MAP[state] || state;
-          return res.json(normalizeJob(job, type, apiStatus));
+          const normalized = normalizeJob(job, type, apiStatus);
+          await attachAssetNames([normalized]);
+          return res.json(normalized);
         }
       } catch { /* try next queue */ }
     }