diff --git a/crates/mind-body/src/cli.rs b/crates/mind-body/src/cli.rs
index 7c80658..ba89647 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/mind-body/src/cli.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow, bail};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use eureka_pipeline::Slug;
+use eureka_pipeline::{RunTurn, Slug};
 use rust_decimal::Decimal;
 
 use crate::control::{BurnRate, ControlWriter, FileSource, control_path, derive, load_state};
+use crate::launch::unit;
 
 const USAGE: &str =
     "usage: mind-control [--root <dir>] --instance <slug> show | brake hold | brake release | dial set --heat H --base-cooldown-s S --base-run-usd U";
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn run(
             let stopped = stop_units(&instance);
             match (written, stopped) {
                 (Ok(()), Ok(())) => {
-                    writeln!(out, "units: stopped mind-self@{0}:* mind-persona@{0}:*", instance.0)?;
+                    writeln!(out, "units: stopped {} {}", unit(&instance, RunTurn::SelfRun)?, unit(&instance, RunTurn::PersonaTurn)?)?;
                     Ok(())
                 }
                 (Err(write), Ok(())) => Err(write.context("the brake was not written; the units were stopped")),
diff --git a/crates/mind-body/src/launch.rs b/crates/mind-body/src/launch.rs
index df89a74..e135c2c 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/src/launch.rs
+++ b/crates/mind-body/src/launch.rs
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ impl Default for SystemdLauncher {
     }
 }
 
-/// The unit template of one turn. Start, alive and stop all name units from
-/// these two.
+/// The unit template of one turn, named only through `unit()`, which start,
+/// alive and stop all call.
 fn template(turn: RunTurn) -> &'static str {
     match turn {
         RunTurn::PersonaTurn => "mind-persona",
@@ -124,23 +124,27 @@ pub(crate) fn unit(instance: &Slug, turn: RunTurn) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(format!("{}@{}.service", template(turn), instance.0))
 }
 
-/// The arguments of the one synchronous stop: every unit of both turns of this
-/// instance, matched by glob. The `:` after the instance keeps `eureka` from
-/// matching `eureka-two`. No `--no-block`: `systemctl stop` returns when the
-/// units are down. The instance is not validated here; `stop_all` does.
-pub(crate) fn stop_args(instance: &Slug) -> Vec<String> {
+/// The arguments of the one synchronous stop: the exact unit `unit()` names
+/// for each turn of this instance, the same names start and alive use. No
+/// glob: a prefix glob also matches another instance (`eureka*` matches
+/// `eureka-two`) and a glob that matches no loaded unit exits 0. No
+/// `--no-block`: `systemctl stop` returns when the units are down. The
+/// instance is validated by `unit()`.
+pub(crate) fn stop_args(instance: &Slug) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     let mut args = vec!["stop".to_string(), "--".to_string()];
-    args.extend([RunTurn::SelfRun, RunTurn::PersonaTurn].map(|turn| format!("{}@{}:*.service", template(turn), instance.0)));
-    args
+    for turn in [RunTurn::SelfRun, RunTurn::PersonaTurn] {
+        args.push(unit(instance, turn)?);
+    }
+    Ok(args)
 }
 
 impl SystemdLauncher {
     /// Stops every unit of both turns of one instance and waits for them. An
     /// inherent method, not on `Launcher`: only the operator's brake hold
-    /// calls it. A glob that matches no loaded unit is a success.
+    /// calls it. A unit that is not installed is systemctl's exit 5, and the
+    /// others still stop.
     pub fn stop_all(&self, instance: &Slug) -> Result<()> {
-        instance.validate_slug().map_err(|_| anyhow!("the instance is not a unit name"))?;
-        let args = stop_args(instance);
+        let args = stop_args(instance)?;
         let args: Vec<&str> = args.iter().map(String::as_str).collect();
         let reply = self.systemctl.run(&args)?;
         if reply.success {
@@ -1169,20 +1173,28 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn stop_args_is_one_synchronous_stop_scoped_to_one_instance() {
-        let args = stop_args(&eureka());
-        assert_eq!(args, ["stop", "--", "mind-self@eureka:*.service", "mind-persona@eureka:*.service"]);
-        // The text before each glob star must not be a prefix of another instance's unit.
-        for (pattern, other) in [(&args[2], "mind-self@eureka-two:x.service"), (&args[3], "mind-persona@eureka-two:x.service")] {
-            assert!(!other.starts_with(pattern.split('*').next().unwrap()), "{pattern}");
+    fn stop_args_is_one_synchronous_stop_of_exactly_the_units_start_names() {
+        for name in ["eureka", "eureka.test", "eureka-two"] {
+            let instance = Slug(name.into());
+            let args = stop_args(&instance).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(args[..2], ["stop", "--"], "one synchronous stop, no --no-block");
+            let (launcher, spy) = spied();
+            let mut started = Vec::new();
+            for turn in [RunTurn::SelfRun, RunTurn::PersonaTurn] {
+                launcher.start(&instance, turn).unwrap();
+                started.push(spy.calls.borrow().last().unwrap().last().unwrap().clone());
+            }
+            assert_eq!(args[2..], started[..], "stop names exactly the units start names, for both turns");
+            assert!(args[2..].iter().all(|unit| !unit.contains(['*', '?', '['])), "a glob can match another instance or none: {args:?}");
         }
+        assert_eq!(stop_args(&eureka()).unwrap(), ["stop", "--", "mind-self@eureka.service", "mind-persona@eureka.service"]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn stop_all_runs_the_one_stop_and_waits() {
         let (launcher, spy) = spied();
         launcher.stop_all(&eureka()).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(*spy.calls.borrow(), vec![stop_args(&eureka())]);
+        assert_eq!(*spy.calls.borrow(), vec![stop_args(&eureka()).unwrap()]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/mind-body/tests/cli.rs b/crates/mind-body/tests/cli.rs
index 1529015..9721e81 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/mind-body/tests/cli.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn brake_hold_stops_once_with_the_instance_and_the_store_already_held() {
     result.unwrap();
     assert_eq!(calls, ["eureka"]);
     assert!(seen_at_stop.contains("BrakeHeld"), "the write comes before the stop: {seen_at_stop}");
-    assert!(out.contains("units: stopped mind-self@eureka:* mind-persona@eureka:*"), "{out}");
+    assert!(out.contains("units: stopped mind-self@eureka.service mind-persona@eureka.service"), "{out}");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -223,3 +223,44 @@ fn a_failing_write_still_stops_and_the_hold_fails() {
     assert_eq!(calls.len(), 1);
     assert!(error.contains("brake was not written") && error.contains("units were not stopped"), "{error}");
 }
+
+/// Runs the real binary's `brake hold` with a `systemctl` of ours first on
+/// PATH, so the stopper main.rs wires is the one under test. The fake records
+/// its arguments, one per line, and exits with `exit`.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn hold_through_the_binary(exit: i32) -> (std::process::Output, Vec<String>) {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+    let bin = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let record = bin.path().join("recorded");
+    let script = bin.path().join("systemctl");
+    std::fs::write(&script, format!("#!/bin/sh\nprintf '%s\n' \"$@\" > '{}'\nexit {exit}\n", record.display())).unwrap();
+    std::fs::set_permissions(&script, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+    let output = std::process::Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_mind-control"))
+        .env("PATH", bin.path())
+        .args(["--root", root.path().to_str().unwrap(), "--instance", "eureka", "brake", "hold"])
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+    let recorded = std::fs::read_to_string(&record).map(|text| text.lines().map(str::to_string).collect()).unwrap_or_default();
+    (output, recorded)
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn the_binary_hold_runs_systemctl_stop_on_exactly_the_units_it_starts() {
+    let (output, recorded) = hold_through_the_binary(0);
+    assert_eq!(output.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+    assert_eq!(recorded, ["stop", "--", "mind-self@eureka.service", "mind-persona@eureka.service"]);
+    assert!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).contains("units: stopped mind-self@eureka.service mind-persona@eureka.service"));
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn the_binary_hold_fails_with_status_2_when_systemctl_does() {
+    let (output, recorded) = hold_through_the_binary(5);
+    assert_eq!(output.status.code(), Some(2));
+    assert_eq!(recorded.len(), 4, "systemctl was run: {recorded:?}");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+    assert!(stderr.contains("units were not stopped") && stderr.contains("exit status 5"), "{stderr}");
+    assert!(!String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).contains("stopped"));
+}