diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d35f653..c5dbd5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `perso generate-key --create-key-object` - the same dev/eval fallback
   `import-key` already had.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `doctor` no longer advises "use a DESFire-capable contactless reader" to
+  someone already on a contactless one. It now tells the detector which reader
+  the session is on, so the DESFire diagnosis uses the reader name as well as
+  the ATR. Cards that answer with their own wired-style ATR rather than the
+  PC/SC composed contactless one were the affected case.
+
 ## [1.0.3] - 2026-08-31
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/cryptnox_id_cli/cli/commands/doctor.py b/src/cryptnox_id_cli/cli/commands/doctor.py
index ff0a443..178b0ed 100644
--- a/src/cryptnox_id_cli/cli/commands/doctor.py
+++ b/src/cryptnox_id_cli/cli/commands/doctor.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def add(name: str, status: str, detail: str) -> None:
 
     if reader_name:
         try:
-            session = app.make_session(connect(reader_name))
+            session = app.make_session(connect(reader_name), reader_name=reader_name)
         except NoCardError as exc:
             add("Card present", "fail", str(exc))
         except CryptnoxError as exc:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_doctor_reader_name.py b/tests/unit/test_doctor_reader_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28f7e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_doctor_reader_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""``doctor`` must tell the session which reader it is on.
+
+``is_contactless_interface`` takes two independent signals: the reader name and the ATR.
+A card that does not synthesise the PC/SC contactless ATR leaves the reader name as the
+only evidence, so a session built without it gets diagnosed on the ATR alone and the
+DESFire advice inverts - telling an operator already on a PICC interface to go and find
+a contactless reader.
+
+The detector-level tests in ``test_state_detector.py`` cannot catch that: they build
+``CardSession`` themselves and pass ``reader_name`` explicitly, and the contactless case
+there uses the composed ``3B 80 80 01 ...`` ATR, which satisfies the ATR signal on its
+own. These drive the real command instead, patching PC/SC at the boundary.
+"""
+
+import json
+
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+from cryptnox_id_cli.cli.commands import doctor as doctor_cmd
+from cryptnox_id_cli.cli.main import main as root
+from cryptnox_id_cli.transport.pcsc import ReaderInfo
+
+#: A contactless interface whose card answers with its own wired-style ATR (the D600's),
+#: so the ATR signal stays silent and only the reader name says "contactless".
+PICC_READER = "ACS ACR1552 1S CL Reader PICC 0"
+CONTACT_READER = "ACS ACR39U ICC Reader 0"
+WIRED_ATR = "3BD518FF8191FE1FC38073C821100A"
+
+
+def _wire(monkeypatch, mock_connection, reader_name):
+    """Substitute the three PC/SC names ``doctor`` imported, and nothing inside doctor.
+
+    An empty exchange table answers everything 6A82, which is what makes the DESFire
+    probe report "not selected" - the same shape test_state_detector.py relies on.
+    """
+    infos = [ReaderInfo(0, reader_name, True, bytes.fromhex(WIRED_ATR))]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(doctor_cmd, "reader_states", lambda: infos)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(doctor_cmd, "pick_reader", lambda preference: reader_name)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(doctor_cmd, "connect", lambda name: mock_connection(WIRED_ATR, {}, []))
+
+
+def _desfire_detail(result):
+    payload = json.loads(result.output)
+    return next(c for c in payload["checks"] if c["check"].startswith("DESFire"))["detail"]
+
+
+def test_contactless_reader_is_not_told_to_get_a_contactless_reader(monkeypatch, mock_connection):
+    _wire(monkeypatch, mock_connection, PICC_READER)
+    detail = _desfire_detail(CliRunner().invoke(root, ["--json", "doctor"]))
+    assert "re-present the card" in detail
+    assert "needs a contactless reader" not in detail
+
+
+def test_contact_reader_still_gets_the_contactless_advice(monkeypatch, mock_connection):
+    """The other half of the fix: on a genuine contact interface the advice is correct
+    and must not change."""
+    _wire(monkeypatch, mock_connection, CONTACT_READER)
+    detail = _desfire_detail(CliRunner().invoke(root, ["--json", "doctor"]))
+    assert "needs a contactless reader" in detail
+
+
+def test_session_carries_the_resolved_reader_name(monkeypatch, mock_connection):
+    """The underlying contract, independent of how the detector currently reads it."""
+    captured = {}
+    _wire(monkeypatch, mock_connection, PICC_READER)
+    real_make_session = doctor_cmd.AppContext.make_session
+
+    def spy(self, conn, **kw):
+        captured.update(kw)
+        return real_make_session(self, conn, **kw)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(doctor_cmd.AppContext, "make_session", spy)
+    CliRunner().invoke(root, ["--json", "doctor"])
+    assert captured.get("reader_name") == PICC_READER