diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/network_module_test.go b/internal/bootstrap/network_module_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51c496b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/network_module_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package bootstrap
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Genesis assigns the private network by its own module's name (novox/hq ADR 0226). The
+// `networking` bundle that only required it is retired, and a controller that no longer ships it
+// refuses an assignment of it — which would stop genesis at the step that puts the hub on the
+// network.
+func TestGenesisAssignsThePrivateNetworkByItsOwnName(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &controlRecorder{settings: map[string]string{}}
+	control := controlPlane{container: "mesh-controller", run: rec.run, timeout: time.Second}
+	o := Options{Node: "anchor", Site: "home", Wait: time.Second, Answers: map[string]string{
+		"private-network": "wireguard",
+		"endpoint":        "203.0.113.10:" + strconv.Itoa(DefaultPorts().Hub),
+	}}
+	if err := PlaceOnTheNetwork(context.Background(), o, control, "203.0.113.10:4222", quietly); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if rec.index("assign anchor mesh-wireguard") < 0 || rec.index("overlay place anchor") < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("genesis did not assign mesh-wireguard: %v", rec.told)
+	}
+	for _, said := range rec.told {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(said, "assign") && strings.HasSuffix(said, " networking") {
+			t.Fatalf("genesis assigned the retired bundle: %v", rec.told)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/phase2.go b/internal/bootstrap/phase2.go
index ede6305..615191a 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/phase2.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/phase2.go
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ func PlaceOnTheNetwork(ctx context.Context, o Options, control controlPlane,
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// Today the one provider is the control plane's own computed module. The choice exists so
-	// that the day there are two, this asks instead of assuming.
-	module := "networking"
+	// Today the one provider is the control plane's own computed module, assigned by its own name:
+	// the `networking` bundle that only required it is retired (novox/hq ADR 0226). The choice
+	// exists so that the day there are two, this asks instead of assuming.
+	module := "mesh-wireguard"
 	_ = network
 
 	endpoint, err := decide(Choice{