diff --git a/packages/meta-sort-core/src/api/UnifiedAPIServer.ts b/packages/meta-sort-core/src/api/UnifiedAPIServer.ts
index 93df230..492e1e2 100644
--- a/packages/meta-sort-core/src/api/UnifiedAPIServer.ts
+++ b/packages/meta-sort-core/src/api/UnifiedAPIServer.ts
@@ -1247,6 +1247,9 @@ export class UnifiedAPIServer {
 
       try {
         await this.containerManager.removePlugin(pluginId);
+        // Drop it from the processing pipeline too (else it lingers in
+        // /api/plugins until the next rescan or restart).
+        await this.getPluginManager?.()?.loadContainerPlugins();
         return {
           success: true,
           message: `Plugin '${pluginId}' removed successfully`
diff --git a/packages/meta-sort-core/src/container-plugins/ContainerManager.ts b/packages/meta-sort-core/src/container-plugins/ContainerManager.ts
index cb47e7e..3472961 100644
--- a/packages/meta-sort-core/src/container-plugins/ContainerManager.ts
+++ b/packages/meta-sort-core/src/container-plugins/ContainerManager.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ export class ContainerManager extends EventEmitter {
                 // Scan shows it as bound elsewhere, never addable).
                 BEACON_ADVERTISE_URL: `http://${containerName}:8080`,
                 BEACON_BINDS: hostname(),
+                // Docker's own HOSTNAME is the container id; advertise a name
+                // an operator can read in the Scan card.
+                HOSTNAME: containerName,
             },
             // Docker Desktop grouping
             stackName: this.stackName,