diff --git a/src/pages/Production.tsx b/src/pages/Production.tsx
index d86b896..028f7ab 100644
--- a/src/pages/Production.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Production.tsx
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ function ContentActivity({ made, working, loading }: { made: Material[]; working
 // frame, so hovering or selecting (React state) never fights the animation.
 const DRIFT = 5
 const MAX_PARTICLES = 80
+const NAMED_NEIGHBOURS = 12
 const ease = (x: number) => 1 - Math.pow(1 - Math.min(1, Math.max(0, x)), 3)
 
 function curve(ax: number, ay: number, bx: number, by: number, bend: number) {
@@ -259,6 +260,9 @@ function KnowledgeGraph({ graph }: { graph: Graph }) {
     }
     return set
   }, [focus, graph])
+  // Linked nodes are named only when there are few: a hub links to every document or result, and
+  // naming them all at once piles hundreds of labels on top of each other.
+  const nameNear = !!neighbours && !graph.nodes[index.get(focus!)!]?.hub && neighbours.size <= NAMED_NEIGHBOURS + 1
   const lit = (p: { a: number; b: number }) => neighbours?.has(graph.nodes[p.a].id) && neighbours.has(graph.nodes[p.b].id)
 
   return (
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ function KnowledgeGraph({ graph }: { graph: Graph }) {
             const r = n.hub ? 9 : 3.2 + Math.min(3, (degree.get(n.id) ?? 0) * 0.7)
             return (
               <g key={n.id} ref={el => { nodeEls.current[i] = el }}
-                className={`graph-node c-${n.cluster}${n.hub ? ' hub' : ''}${neighbours && !neighbours.has(n.id) ? ' dim' : ''}${n.id !== focus && neighbours?.has(n.id) ? ' near' : ''}${hover === n.id ? ' hover' : ''}${selected?.id === n.id ? ' sel' : ''}`}
+                className={`graph-node c-${n.cluster}${n.hub ? ' hub' : ''}${neighbours && !neighbours.has(n.id) ? ' dim' : ''}${nameNear && n.id !== focus && neighbours?.has(n.id) ? ' near' : ''}${hover === n.id ? ' hover' : ''}${selected?.id === n.id ? ' sel' : ''}`}
                 onMouseEnter={() => setHover(n.id)} onMouseLeave={() => setHover(null)}
                 onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); setSelected(n) }}>
                 <circle className="hit" r={r + 8} />