diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/electron-main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/electron-main.ts
index 372c6fad24..e620016670 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/electron-main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/electron-main.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ app.on("ready", async () => {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Drive the native "About" panel from the configured brand so it shows
+    // "HealthChat" rather than the upstream Electron/bundle default.
+    const brand = global.vectorConfig.brand || "Element";
+    app.setAboutPanelOptions({
+        applicationName: brand,
+        applicationVersion: app.getVersion(),
+    });
+
     if (argv["devtools"]) {
         try {
             const { installExtension, REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS } = await import("electron-devtools-installer");
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/vectormenu.ts b/apps/desktop/src/vectormenu.ts
index d5bab05ed5..6d264571c2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/vectormenu.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/vectormenu.ts
@@ -141,14 +141,16 @@ export function buildMenuTemplate(): Menu {
 
     // macOS has specific menu conventions...
     if (isMac) {
+        // XXX: vectorConfig won't have defaults applied to it so we need to duplicate them here
+        const brand = global.vectorConfig?.brand || app.name;
         template.unshift({
             // first macOS menu is the name of the app
             role: "appMenu",
-            label: app.name,
+            label: brand,
             submenu: [
                 {
                     role: "about",
-                    label: _t("common|about") + " " + app.name,
+                    label: _t("common|about") + " " + brand,
                 },
                 { type: "separator" },
                 {