diff --git a/apps/desktop/electrobun.config.ts b/apps/desktop/electrobun.config.ts
index 7d2f865..20dc25e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electrobun.config.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electrobun.config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default {
 	app: {
 		name: 'koins',
 		identifier: 'koins.tzgyn.com',
-		version: '0.0.5',
+		version: '0.0.6',
 	},
 	build: {
 		// Vite builds to dist/, we copy from there
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/states/monero-wallet.svelte.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/states/monero-wallet.svelte.ts
index 798572b..1e45025 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/states/monero-wallet.svelte.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/states/monero-wallet.svelte.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ export const MoneroWallet = () => {
 				if (installed && !running) {
 					await start()
 					await checkStatus()
+				} else if (startInFlight) {
+					// a start is already in flight (e.g. triggered by init);
+					// wait for it so we don't call open before the server is up
+					await startInFlight.catch(() => {})
+					await checkStatus()
 				}
 				if (!running) {
 					error = 'Wallet server failed to start. Please try again.'
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/routes/index.svelte b/apps/desktop/src/routes/index.svelte
index 6d8c5b8..2adbe54 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/routes/index.svelte
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/routes/index.svelte
@@ -127,20 +127,6 @@
 		}
 	})
 
-	// Self-heal: if the monero wallet list never got loaded (e.g. the server
-	// was starting while the dashboard rendered), retry login once.
-	$effect(() => {
-		if (
-			moneroWallet.ready &&
-			!moneroWallet.walletOpen &&
-			!moneroWallet.opening &&
-			moneroWallet.wallets.length === 0 &&
-			!moneroWallet.error
-		) {
-			void moneroWallet.login()
-		}
-	})
-
 	$effect(() => {
 		if (moneroWallet.walletOpen) {
 			fetchXmr()