diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ca578c..480df73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ brew install llvm          # clang 21
 OO_PS4_TOOLCHAIN=~/PS4Toolchain/OpenOrbis/PS4Toolchain \
   LLD=/Users/mac/lldbuild/build/bin/ld.lld \
   ./scripts/build.sh
-# -> build/orbisrpc.elf, build/orbisrpc.fself, build/orbisrpc.bin
+# -> build/orbisrpc.elf (raw payload), build/orbisrpc.fself, build/orbisrpc-eboot.bin
 ```
 
-The runtime artifact is `build/orbisrpc.fself` (GoldHEN payload) or
-`build/orbisrpc.bin` (PKG route). No toolchain = no build.
+The GoldHEN payload to deploy is the **raw ELF**, `build/orbisrpc.elf`,
+uploaded as `orbisrpc.bin` (the `orbisrpc.fself`/`orbisrpc-eboot.bin` outputs
+are for the PKG/fself route, not GoldHEN's auto-payload loader). No toolchain
+= no build.
 
 ---
 
@@ -91,9 +93,9 @@ The runtime artifact is `build/orbisrpc.fself` (GoldHEN payload) or
 
 1. Build `orbisrpc.pkg` (or grab the `.elf` payload) on any Mac/computer.
 2. Transfer to the PS4 over FTP, or on a USB stick.
-3. **Daemon route (recommended):** put `orbisrpc.fself` in
-   `/data/GoldHEN/payloads/` — it auto-loads on every boot and runs in the
-   background while you game. (GoldHEN 2.2.)
+3. **Daemon route (recommended):** put `orbisrpc.elf` in
+   `/data/GoldHEN/payloads/` (named `orbisrpc.bin`) — it auto-loads on every
+   boot and runs in the background while you game. (GoldHEN 2.2.)
 4. Or install `orbisrpc.pkg` like any homebrew app if you prefer a foreground
    launcher (note: it suspends once a game opens, so the daemon route is what
    powers presence-during-play).
diff --git a/deploy/SETUP.md b/deploy/SETUP.md
index bf77115..a0adb2b 100644
--- a/deploy/SETUP.md
+++ b/deploy/SETUP.md
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Target: GoldHEN 2.2 jailbroken PS4 (FW 9.00), daemon route.
 
 ## 1. Copy the payload to the console
 
-Via FTP (the console must be awake and online):
+Via FTP (the console must be awake and online). GoldHEN's `/data/GoldHEN/payloads/`
+auto-loader takes a **raw ELF** payload named `.bin`, so deploy `orbisrpc.elf`
+(the real ELF — `build/orbisrpc.bin` is the fself tool's eboot output, not this):
 
 ```
-put build/orbisrpc.fself -> /data/GoldHEN/payloads/orbisrpc.fself
+put build/orbisrpc.elf -> /data/GoldHEN/payloads/orbisrpc.bin
 ```
 
 GoldHEN auto-loads payloads from `/data/GoldHEN/payloads/` at boot and keeps
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 26d3169..25a2b3d 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ echo "ELF -> $OUT/orbisrpc.elf"
 MODE="${1:-all}"
 if [ "$MODE" = "fself" ] || [ "$MODE" = "all" ]; then
   "$SDK/bin/macos/create-fself-macos" -in="$OUT/orbisrpc.elf" \
-      -out="$OUT/orbisrpc.fself" --eboot "$OUT/orbisrpc.bin" --paid 0x3800000000000011
+      -out="$OUT/orbisrpc.fself" --eboot "$OUT/orbisrpc-eboot.bin" --paid 0x3800000000000011
   echo "FSELF -> $OUT/orbisrpc.fself"
+  echo "  (GoldHEN payload to deploy is $OUT/orbisrpc.elf -> /data/GoldHEN/payloads/orbisrpc.bin)"
 fi
 echo "done."
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