diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index fbc8f8525..20996aecc 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -3897,23 +3897,14 @@ class HermesCLI:
     
     def _handle_profile_command(self):
         """Display active profile name and home directory."""
-        from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home, display_hermes_home
+        from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import get_active_profile_name
 
-        home = get_hermes_home()
         display = display_hermes_home()
-
-        profiles_parent = Path.home() / ".hermes" / "profiles"
-        try:
-            rel = home.relative_to(profiles_parent)
-            profile_name = str(rel).split("/")[0]
-        except ValueError:
-            profile_name = None
+        profile_name = get_active_profile_name()
 
         print()
-        if profile_name:
-            print(f"  Profile: {profile_name}")
-        else:
-            print("  Profile: default")
+        print(f"  Profile: {profile_name}")
         print(f"  Home:    {display}")
         print()
 
diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index 2d907e08a..94381d8be 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -4393,31 +4393,16 @@ class GatewayRunner:
     
     async def _handle_profile_command(self, event: MessageEvent) -> str:
         """Handle /profile — show active profile name and home directory."""
-        from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home, display_hermes_home
-        from pathlib import Path
+        from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import get_active_profile_name
 
-        home = get_hermes_home()
         display = display_hermes_home()
+        profile_name = get_active_profile_name()
 
-        # Detect profile name from HERMES_HOME path
-        # Profile paths look like: ~/.hermes/profiles/<name>
-        profiles_parent = Path.home() / ".hermes" / "profiles"
-        try:
-            rel = home.relative_to(profiles_parent)
-            profile_name = str(rel).split("/")[0]
-        except ValueError:
-            profile_name = None
-
-        if profile_name:
-            lines = [
-                f"👤 **Profile:** `{profile_name}`",
-                f"📂 **Home:** `{display}`",
-            ]
-        else:
-            lines = [
-                "👤 **Profile:** default",
-                f"📂 **Home:** `{display}`",
-            ]
+        lines = [
+            f"👤 **Profile:** `{profile_name}`",
+            f"📂 **Home:** `{display}`",
+        ]
 
         return "\n".join(lines)
 
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli_status_command.py b/tests/cli/test_cli_status_command.py
index bff642fdf..ed6fbd7d2 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_cli_status_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli_status_command.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for CLI /status command behavior."""
 from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -83,3 +84,18 @@ def test_show_session_status_prints_gateway_style_summary():
     _, kwargs = cli_obj.console.print.call_args
     assert kwargs.get("highlight") is False
     assert kwargs.get("markup") is False
+
+
+def test_profile_command_reports_custom_root_profile(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
+    """Profile detection works for custom-root deployments (not under ~/.hermes)."""
+    cli_obj = _make_cli()
+    profile_home = tmp_path / "profiles" / "coder"
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(profile_home))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", lambda: tmp_path / "unrelated-home")
+
+    cli_obj._handle_profile_command()
+
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Profile: coder" in out
+    assert f"Home:    {profile_home}" in out
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_status_command.py b/tests/gateway/test_status_command.py
index 0dbd5980b..554480087 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_status_command.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_status_command.py
@@ -209,3 +209,28 @@ async def test_status_command_bypasses_active_session_guard():
     assert "Agent Running" in sent[0]
     assert not interrupt_event.is_set(), "/status incorrectly triggered an agent interrupt"
     assert session_key not in adapter._pending_messages, "/status was incorrectly queued"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_profile_command_reports_custom_root_profile(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """Gateway /profile detects custom-root profiles (not under ~/.hermes)."""
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    session_entry = SessionEntry(
+        session_key=build_session_key(_make_source()),
+        session_id="sess-1",
+        created_at=datetime.now(),
+        updated_at=datetime.now(),
+        platform=Platform.TELEGRAM,
+        chat_type="dm",
+    )
+    runner = _make_runner(session_entry)
+    profile_home = tmp_path / "profiles" / "coder"
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(profile_home))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", lambda: tmp_path / "unrelated-home")
+
+    result = await runner._handle_profile_command(_make_event("/profile"))
+
+    assert "**Profile:** `coder`" in result
+    assert f"**Home:** `{profile_home}`" in result