diff --git a/server/src/video.rs b/server/src/video.rs
index 1f1248f..aad730b 100644
--- a/server/src/video.rs
+++ b/server/src/video.rs
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ pub async fn eye_ball(
     gst::init().context("gst init")?;
 
     let desc = format!(
-        // Elementary H‑264 stream coming straight from the UVC device –‑
-        // no MPEG‑TS container, so no tsdemux.
-        "v4l2src device=\"{dev}\" io-mode=mmap do-timestamp=true ! \
+        "v4l2src name=cam_{eye} device=\"{dev}\" io-mode=mmap do-timestamp=true ! \
          queue ! \
          h264parse disable-passthrough=true config-interval=-1 ! \
          video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! \
@@ -80,21 +78,22 @@ pub async fn eye_ball(
 
     /* ----- BUS WATCH: show errors & warnings immediately --------------- */
     let bus = pipeline.bus().expect("bus");
-    let src_pad = pipeline
-    .by_name("v4l2src1")   // adapt: eye‑specific element name
-    .unwrap()
-    .static_pad("src")
-    .unwrap();
-
-    src_pad.add_probe(gst::PadProbeType::EVENT_DOWNSTREAM, |pad, info| {
-        if let Some(gst::PadProbeData::Event(ref ev)) = info.data {
-            if let gst::EventView::Caps(c) = ev.view() {
-                trace!(target:"lesavka_server::video",
-                    ?c, "🔍 new caps on {}", pad.name());
+    if let Some(src_pad) = pipeline.by_name(&format!("cam_{eye}"))
+                                   .and_then(|e| e.static_pad("src")) {
+        src_pad.add_probe(gst::PadProbeType::EVENT_DOWNSTREAM, |pad, info| {
+            if let Some(gst::PadProbeData::Event(ref ev)) = info.data {
+                if let gst::EventView::Caps(c) = ev.view() {
+                    trace!(target:"lesavka_server::video",
+                           ?c, "🔍 new caps on {}", pad.name());
+                }
             }
-        }
-        gst::PadProbeReturn::Ok
-    });
+            gst::PadProbeReturn::Ok
+        });
+    } else {
+        warn!(target:"lesavka_server::video",
+              eye = %eye,
+              "🍪 cam_{eye} not found – skipping pad‑probe");
+    }
 
     let eye_clone = eye.to_owned();
     std::thread::spawn(move || {