diff --git a/consts/consts.go b/consts/consts.go
index d7f662cd8..07a61fddb 100644
--- a/consts/consts.go
+++ b/consts/consts.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	DBAnalyzeFailureCountKey      = "DBAnalyzeFailureCount"
 	// ArtConfFingerprintPropertyKey is the model.PropertyRepository key Backfill compares against
 	// to detect artwork-affecting config changes across restarts.
-	ArtConfFingerprintPropertyKey = "artwork.fingerprint"
+	ArtConfFingerprintPropertyKey = "ArtConfFingerprint"
 
 	UIAuthorizationHeader  = "X-ND-Authorization"
 	UIClientUniqueIDHeader = "X-ND-Client-Unique-Id"
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ const (
 	I18nFolder     = "i18n"
 	ScanIgnoreFile = ".ndignore"
 	ArtworkFolder  = "artwork"
+	// HashedArtworkFolder is a subtree of ArtworkFolder, kept apart from the name-addressed
+	// upload folders beside it so Prune's sweep never reaches them.
+	HashedArtworkFolder = "hashed"
 
 	PlaceholderArtistArt            = "artist-placeholder.webp"
 	PlaceholderAlbumArt             = "album-placeholder.webp"
diff --git a/core/artwork/e2e/resolution_harness_test.go b/core/artwork/e2e/resolution_harness_test.go
index 4021f9ef6..78836df7f 100644
--- a/core/artwork/e2e/resolution_harness_test.go
+++ b/core/artwork/e2e/resolution_harness_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/navidrome/navidrome/adapters/gotaglib"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/conf"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/conf/configtest"
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/consts"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/core/agents"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/core/artwork"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/core/metrics"
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func setupResolutionHarness() {
 	storagetest.Register(fakeLibScheme, fakeFS)
 
 	ffm := tests.NewMockFFmpeg("")
-	rstore = artwork.NewImageStore(filepath.Join(tempDir, "store"))
+	rstore = artwork.NewImageStore(filepath.Join(tempDir, consts.HashedArtworkFolder))
 	// size=0 requests stream originals, so this reader is never called (serving_test covers resizing).
 	imgCache := cache.NewFileCache("ArtworkResolutionE2E", "100MB", "images", 0,
 		func(context.Context, cache.Item) (io.Reader, error) {
diff --git a/core/artwork/image_store.go b/core/artwork/image_store.go
index bac20360f..72cb34ceb 100644
--- a/core/artwork/image_store.go
+++ b/core/artwork/image_store.go
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ func NewImageStore(rootDir string) *ImageStore {
 	return &ImageStore{root: rootDir}
 }
 
-// GetImageStore roots the store in its own subtree so Prune's sweep never reaches the upload folders beside it.
 func GetImageStore() *ImageStore {
-	return NewImageStore(filepath.Join(conf.Server.DataFolder.String(), consts.ArtworkFolder, "store"))
+	return NewImageStore(filepath.Join(conf.Server.DataFolder.String(), consts.ArtworkFolder, consts.HashedArtworkFolder))
 }
 
 // extForMime must stay stable across OSes: extensions are baked into stored paths and re-derived on Open.