diff --git a/DorkNet.Server.Tests/ClientDtoParityTests.cs b/DorkNet.Server.Tests/ClientDtoParityTests.cs
index 71f11bb..5eea65f 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server.Tests/ClientDtoParityTests.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server.Tests/ClientDtoParityTests.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,65 @@ public sealed class ClientDtoParityTests : IClassFixture<DorkNetServerFactory>
         AssertKeyParity(ChatThreadReader, body, "POST thread/withmembers");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>The room-level DataBlob must be the SAME file sub-room 0 points
+    /// at. The client loads a room from one blob, and if the two disagree it
+    /// fetches a file that was never written and rejects the whole room with
+    /// "the data in the room you are trying to load is corrupt" — which reads
+    /// like a broken save rather than a mismatched payload.
+    ///
+    /// A dorm is where this bites: its data is per-PLAYER
+    /// (<c>dorm_p{id}_v*.dat</c>) and reaches the builder as an override, while
+    /// the room-level name is per-ROOM (<c>room_116_*</c>). Reporting the
+    /// room-level one hands the client another player's dorm.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Room_level_data_blob_matches_sub_room_zero()
+    {
+        using var client = RoomsClient();
+        var session = await GameClientSessionFactory.CreateAsync(client, _factory.ApexDomain);
+        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
+            new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", session.AccessToken);
+
+        var roomId = 9_900_000 + Random.Shared.Next(1, 99_999);
+        await using (var scope = _factory.Services.CreateAsyncScope())
+        {
+            var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<DorkNetDbContext>();
+            db.Rooms.Add(new RoomEntity
+            {
+                Id = roomId,
+                Name = $"Blob{Guid.NewGuid():N}"[..18],
+                CreatorPlayerId = session.PlayerId,
+                CurrentDataBlobName = $"room_{roomId}_v1.dat",
+            });
+            db.RoomScenes.Add(new RoomSceneEntity
+            {
+                RoomId = roomId,
+                Name = "Home",
+                OrderIndex = 0,
+                DataBlobName = $"room_{roomId}_home_v3.dat",
+            });
+            await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        using var response = await client.GetAsync($"/rooms/{roomId}");
+        var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+        Assert.True(response.IsSuccessStatusCode, $"GET /rooms/{roomId} -> {(int)response.StatusCode}: {body}");
+
+        var details = JsonDocument.Parse(body).RootElement;
+        var roomLevel = details.GetProperty("DataBlob").GetString();
+        var subRoomZero = details.GetProperty("SubRooms").EnumerateArray()
+            .First(e => e.GetProperty("SubRoomId").GetInt64() == 0)
+            .GetProperty("DataBlob").GetString();
+
+        Assert.True(roomLevel == subRoomZero,
+            $"""
+             The room reports one data blob and sub-room 0 reports another, so
+             which file the client loads depends on which key it reads first:
+
+               room level : {roomLevel}
+               sub-room 0 : {subRoomZero}
+             """);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Compare one response object's keys against the reader's set.
     /// Matching is case-insensitive because the readers register three spellings
     /// per field (Pascal, camel, lower) and accept any of them — casing is the
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Rooms/V2/RoomsController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Rooms/V2/RoomsController.cs
index 222e6b4..18c9ec9 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Rooms/V2/RoomsController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Rooms/V2/RoomsController.cs
@@ -1955,6 +1955,20 @@ public class RoomsController(
         var updatedAt = (room.UpdatedAt == default ? DateTime.UtcNow : room.UpdatedAt)
             .ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ");
 
+        // The blob the room actually loads from: sub-room 0's, override and
+        // all. `dataBlobName` above is the per-ROOM name, which is the wrong
+        // answer whenever a caller passes an override — a dorm's data is
+        // per-PLAYER (dorm_p{id}_v*.dat) and arrives that way.
+        var primarySubRoom = sceneRows is { Count: > 0 }
+            ? sceneRows.FirstOrDefault(s => s.OrderIndex == 0) ?? sceneRows[0]
+            : null;
+        var primarySubRoomDataBlob =
+            !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(overrideDataBlobName) && (sceneRows?.Count ?? 0) <= 1
+                ? overrideDataBlobName!
+                : primarySubRoom is not null
+                    ? SceneOrSyntheticDataBlobName(room, primarySubRoom.DataBlobName, dataBlobName)
+                    : dataBlobName;
+
         object[] subRooms = sceneRows is { Count: > 0 }
             ? sceneRows.Select(s =>
             {
@@ -2052,7 +2066,10 @@ public class RoomsController(
                     SubRoomUnityAssetId = string.Empty,
                     UnityAsset = string.Empty,
                     UnityAssetHash = string.Empty,
-                    DataBlob = dataBlobName,
+                    // Same rule as the populated branch: honour the override,
+                    // so a dorm with no scene rows still points at that
+                    // player's own save rather than a per-room name.
+                    DataBlob = primarySubRoomDataBlob,
                     DataBlobHash = (string?)null,
                     DataSavedAt = updatedAt,
                     IsSandbox = false,
@@ -2141,7 +2158,14 @@ public class RoomsController(
             // already answered 200 to. Kept last so the additions are visible
             // against the reader's own list; key ORDER does not matter to a
             // name-keyed reader, presence does.
-            DataBlob = dataBlobName,
+            // Must be the SAME blob sub-room 0 resolves to, override included.
+            // A dorm's data is per-player (dorm_p{id}_v*.dat) and arrives here
+            // as overrideDataBlobName; the room-level name is per-ROOM
+            // (room_116_*), so reporting that instead hands the client another
+            // player's dorm — or one that was never written — and it rejects
+            // the load outright with "the data in the room you are trying to
+            // load is corrupt".
+            DataBlob = subRooms.Length > 0 ? primarySubRoomDataBlob : dataBlobName,
             DataBlobHash = (string?)null,
             // The room-level cap is the room's own advertised capacity, which is
             // what RoomEntity.MaxCapacity exists for and what matchmaking hands