diff --git a/app/src/components/geology/BorewellProfile.tsx b/app/src/components/geology/BorewellProfile.tsx
index 790f34d..b6d9aba 100644
--- a/app/src/components/geology/BorewellProfile.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/geology/BorewellProfile.tsx
@@ -50,18 +50,16 @@ export function BorewellProfile({
   const pumpAt = borewell.pumpLowering != null && borewell.pumpLowering > 0 && borewell.pumpLowering <= depth ? borewell.pumpLowering : null;
   const pumpLabelY = pumpAt == null ? null : wl != null && Math.abs(y(pumpAt) - 4 - (y(wl) - 2)) < 13 ? y(wl) + 12 : y(pumpAt) - 4;
 
-  // Layer names share a column with the "Water … ft" label. Move a name above or below that label
-  // when they would overlap, or leave it out if the layer is too thin (the popup still has it).
+  // Layer names share a column with the "Water … ft" and "Pump … ft" labels. Move a name above or
+  // below those labels when they would overlap, or leave it out if the layer is too thin (the popup still has it).
   const waterLabelY = wl != null ? y(wl) - 2 : null;
+  const fixedLabels = [waterLabelY, pumpLabelY].filter((v) => v != null).sort((a, b) => a - b);
   const labelY = (y1: number, h: number): number | null => {
     if (h < 13) return null;
+    const clear = (at: number) => fixedLabels.every((f) => Math.abs(at - f) >= 13);
     const centre = y1 + h / 2 + 4;
-    if (waterLabelY == null || Math.abs(centre - waterLabelY) >= 13) return centre;
-    const below = waterLabelY + 14;
-    if (below <= y1 + h - 2) return below;
-    const above = waterLabelY - 14;
-    if (above >= y1 + 11) return above;
-    return null;
+    if (clear(centre)) return centre;
+    return fixedLabels.flatMap((f) => [f + 14, f - 14]).find((at) => at >= y1 + 11 && at <= y1 + h - 2 && clear(at)) ?? null;
   };
 
   // In print, every name is written on its own layer, clear of the water line. A thin layer gets
diff --git a/e2e/run.mjs b/e2e/run.mjs
index 2de4e03..c13c9d5 100644
--- a/e2e/run.mjs
+++ b/e2e/run.mjs
@@ -643,6 +643,17 @@ try {
     return __t.text();`);
   check("Home shows the numbers, recently added borewells and the backup panel", /3 borewells across/.test(home) && /Back up now/.test(home) && /Needs attention/.test(home),
     home.split("\n").slice(0, 10).join(" | "));
+
+  // ── The drawing: a pump lowered to the middle of a layer does not cover the layer's name ──
+  const labels = await page(`
+    const b = await __t.invoke('borewell_create', { input: { borewellId: 'LABELS-1', ownerName: 'Label test', city: 'Lucknow', date: '2026-09-01', totalDepth: 200, waterLevel: 108, pumpLowering: 158 } });
+    await __t.invoke('strata_save', { borewellId: b.id, layers: [{ startDepth: 0, endDepth: 135, material: 'Clay' }, { startDepth: 135, endDepth: 175, material: 'Sand' }, { startDepth: 175, endDepth: 200, material: 'Clay' }] });
+    location.hash = '#/borewell/' + b.id;
+    const pump = await __t.until(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('main svg text')].find(t => t.textContent === 'Pump 158 ft'), 10000);
+    const beside = [...pump.closest('svg').querySelectorAll('text')].filter(t => /^(Pump|Water|Sand|Clay) /.test(t.textContent))
+      .map(t => ({ name: t.textContent, y: Number(t.getAttribute('y')) }));   // 11 px text: baselines closer than that touch
+    return { names: beside.map(t => t.name), covered: beside.flatMap((a, i) => beside.slice(i + 1).filter(o => Math.abs(a.y - o.y) < 11).map(o => a.name + ' / ' + o.name)) };`);
+  check("The drawing keeps a layer's name clear of the pump and water labels", labels.names.includes("Sand 135–175") && labels.covered.length === 0, JSON.stringify(labels));
 } catch (e) {
   check("Test run finished", false, String(e));
 } finally {