diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7f08216d..cad3ea07 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.19.10",
+  "version": "7.19.11",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "7.19.10",
+      "version": "7.19.11",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5cbd006..919d4f6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.19.11",
+  "version": "7.19.12",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. Stage 3 CANONICAL: 42 nouns × 127 verbs covering 96-97% of all human knowledge.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts b/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts
index d767743d..2d35fc71 100644
--- a/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts
+++ b/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ export class EmbeddingManager {
 
   private constructor() {
     this.engine = WASMEmbeddingEngine.getInstance()
-    console.log('🎯 EmbeddingManager: Using Q8 precision (WASM)')
+    // Log deferred to init() — at construction time we don't know if a plugin
+    // (like Cortex) will replace the WASM embedder with a native one.
   }
 
   /**