diff --git a/launchd/com.brainlayer.jsonl-backup.plist b/launchd/com.brainlayer.jsonl-backup.plist
index 8ca8d008..63d161cf 100644
--- a/launchd/com.brainlayer.jsonl-backup.plist
+++ b/launchd/com.brainlayer.jsonl-backup.plist
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 	</array>
 	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
 	<array>
-		<string>/usr/bin/env</string>
-		<string>python3</string>
+		<!-- Pinned to the keg interpreter, never PATH. Bare `python3` fronts the framework
+		     python, whose _brainlayer.pth injects ~/Gits/brainlayer/src - so a `git checkout`
+		     at the root would silently re-aim the nightly backup at a working tree. Same
+		     reasoning as #790 for hooks; the `opt/` symlink outlives any single keg. -->
+		<string>/opt/homebrew/opt/brainlayer/libexec/venv/bin/python</string>
 		<string>-m</string>
 		<string>brainlayer.jsonl_backup</string>
 	</array>
diff --git a/tests/test_hook_python.py b/tests/test_hook_python.py
index 9463a2cc..2c9477fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_hook_python.py
+++ b/tests/test_hook_python.py
@@ -506,3 +506,40 @@ def test_installed_brainlayer_hooks_are_pinned():
         assert findings == [], "BrainLayer hooks still resolve their interpreter through PATH: " + "; ".join(
             f"{f.event}: {f.command}" for f in findings
         )
+
+
+def test_launchd_plist_templates_pin_their_interpreter():
+    """launchd templates must not let PATH choose the interpreter.
+
+    #790 pinned the hooks. The nightly backup template was missed and still shipped
+    `/usr/bin/env python3`, which fronts the framework python whose `_brainlayer.pth`
+    injects `~/Gits/brainlayer/src` -- so a `git checkout` at the repo root would have
+    silently re-aimed the job that PREVENTS data loss at a working tree.
+
+    Found by the PR #815 pair review. Applying the same affirmative gate the hooks use:
+    anything this cannot vouch for is a finding, not a pass.
+    """
+    import plistlib
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    from brainlayer.hook_python import is_pinned_interpreter
+
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+    plists = sorted((repo_root / "launchd").glob("*.plist"))
+    assert plists, "expected launchd templates to exist"
+
+    unpinned: list[str] = []
+    for path in plists:
+        args = plistlib.loads(path.read_bytes()).get("ProgramArguments") or []
+        if not args:
+            continue
+        interpreter = args[0]
+        # A wrapper script is not an interpreter claim; only judge direct python invocations.
+        if "python" not in interpreter and not interpreter.endswith("/env"):
+            continue
+        if interpreter.endswith("/env"):
+            interpreter = f"{interpreter} {args[1] if len(args) > 1 else ''}".strip()
+        if not is_pinned_interpreter(interpreter):
+            unpinned.append(f"{path.name}: {interpreter}")
+
+    assert not unpinned, "launchd templates must name a pinned interpreter, not PATH: " + "; ".join(unpinned)