diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index e896ca4..1327198 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -414,6 +414,10 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     /// state until the app next runs.
     func handleLiveActivityAdoptWake(completion: @escaping () -> Void) {
         guard !demoMode, isPaired else { completion(); return }
+        // A silent adopt wake means we're background (possibly cold-launched with no scene, where
+        // `isForeground`'s default would otherwise read stale-true) — record that so the reconnect
+        // below reports background and the host keeps owning the glance via push-to-start (§5.3).
+        setForegroundState(false)
         setupLiveActivityBridge()   // starts the push-to-start + adoption observers if not already
         startNetworkingIfNeeded()
         #if canImport(UIKit)