diff --git a/src/PortfolioData.zig b/src/PortfolioData.zig
index bdf0130..f4b7770 100644
--- a/src/PortfolioData.zig
+++ b/src/PortfolioData.zig
@@ -447,6 +447,33 @@ pub fn invalidateClassificationMap(self: *PortfolioData) void {
     self.classification_map_future = self.io.async(classificationMapWorker, .{ self, @as(usize, 0) });
 }
 
+/// Prime ONLY the `metadata.srf` classification map for `paths_in`,
+/// without the full `load()` (no price fetch, no summary, no
+/// candle/dividend/account workers). Spawns the same
+/// `classificationMapWorker` that `load()` uses, so a subsequent
+/// `classificationMap()` resolves curated security names identically.
+///
+/// Used by the TUI's explicit-symbol launch (`zfin AAPL`), which skips
+/// the portfolio load entirely but still wants the quote tab (and the
+/// 'K' overlay) to show the `metadata.srf` security name the way the CLI
+/// `quote` command does. No-op when `paths_in` is empty or a portfolio
+/// is already loaded (a full `load()` populates the map itself).
+pub fn primeClassificationMap(self: *PortfolioData, paths_in: []const []const u8) void {
+    if (paths_in.len == 0 or self.paths.len != 0) return;
+
+    // Dupe the anchor paths into the per-load arena so `anchorPath()`
+    // (and the worker's metadata.srf derivation) outlive `paths_in`.
+    const arena_alloc = self.allocator();
+    const paths_dup = arena_alloc.alloc([]const u8, paths_in.len) catch return;
+    for (paths_in, 0..) |p, i| {
+        paths_dup[i] = arena_alloc.dupe(u8, p) catch return;
+    }
+    self.paths = paths_dup;
+
+    if (self.classification_map_future) |*f| _ = f.cancel(self.io);
+    self.classification_map_future = self.io.async(classificationMapWorker, .{ self, @as(usize, 0) });
+}
+
 /// Drain a worker future. Idempotent (Future.await is itself
 /// idempotent); safe to call every time.
 fn awaitWorker(self: *PortfolioData, fut: *?std.Io.Future(void)) void {
@@ -984,6 +1011,43 @@ test "PortfolioData.cancelLoad: idempotent on idle state" {
     try testing.expect(pd.classification_map_data == null);
 }
 
+test "PortfolioData.primeClassificationMap: spawns the classification worker without a full load" {
+    var svc: DataService = .{
+        .allocator = testing.allocator,
+        .io = testing.io,
+        .config = .{ .cache_dir = "./.tmp/zfin-pd-prime-cache" },
+    };
+    var pd = PortfolioData.init(.{ .gpa = testing.allocator, .io = testing.io, .svc = &svc });
+    defer pd.deinit();
+
+    // Explicit-symbol launch shape: nothing loaded yet, so the map is
+    // null - exactly the state that left the TUI quote tab nameless.
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), pd.paths.len);
+    try testing.expect(pd.classification_map_future == null);
+    try testing.expect(pd.classificationMap() == null);
+
+    // Empty paths: no-op (still nothing loaded).
+    pd.primeClassificationMap(&.{});
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), pd.paths.len);
+    try testing.expect(pd.classification_map_future == null);
+
+    // A real anchor sets the path and spawns the SAME worker `load()`
+    // uses, so a later `classificationMap()` reads metadata.srf and
+    // resolves the curated name the way the CLI does.
+    pd.primeClassificationMap(&.{"./.tmp/zfin-pd-prime-test/portfolio.srf"});
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), pd.paths.len);
+    try testing.expect(pd.classification_map_future != null);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("./.tmp/zfin-pd-prime-test/portfolio.srf", pd.anchorPath().?);
+
+    // Already primed: a second call must not clobber the loaded paths.
+    pd.primeClassificationMap(&.{"./.tmp/other/portfolio.srf"});
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), pd.paths.len);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("./.tmp/zfin-pd-prime-test/portfolio.srf", pd.anchorPath().?);
+
+    // Drain the spawned worker so teardown leaves no dangling future.
+    _ = pd.classificationMap();
+}
+
 test "PortfolioData.candles: returns null after cancelLoad with no data" {
     var svc: DataService = .{
         .allocator = testing.allocator,
diff --git a/src/tui.zig b/src/tui.zig
index 42cb869..ee44f9d 100644
--- a/src/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui.zig
@@ -2556,6 +2556,17 @@ pub fn run(
         if (framework.resolvePatterns(io, allocator, config, portfolio_patterns)) |rp| {
             resolved_pf_paths = rp;
         } else |_| {}
+    } else {
+        // Explicit-symbol launch (e.g. `zfin AAPL`) skips the full
+        // portfolio load below, but the quote tab (and the 'K' overlay)
+        // still want the curated security name from metadata.srf - same
+        // as the CLI `quote` command. Prime just the classification map
+        // (no price fetch) so classificationMap() resolves the name.
+        if (framework.resolvePatterns(io, allocator, config, portfolio_patterns)) |rp| {
+            var rp_owned = rp;
+            defer rp_owned.deinit();
+            app_inst.portfolio.primeClassificationMap(rp_owned.paths);
+        } else |_| {}
     }
 
     var resolved_wl: ?zfin.Config.ResolvedPath = null;