diff --git a/setup/install.ps1 b/setup/install.ps1
index 5deed8c..c1e6c79 100644
--- a/setup/install.ps1
+++ b/setup/install.ps1
@@ -290,7 +290,11 @@ try { Stop-ScheduledTask -TaskName "BNS Sia Bridge" -ErrorAction Stop } catch {}
 # Pass --policy so bnsd.js applies the chosen collision mode (docs: 4b).
 $action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute $node -Argument "`"$daemon`" --upstream $Upstream --policy $Policy" -WorkingDirectory $root
 $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup
-$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -RestartCount 5 -RestartInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 3650)
+# Battery flags: New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet defaults to DisallowStartIfOnBatteries
+# + StopIfGoingOnBatteries, so on a laptop running on battery the resolver never
+# started at boot and was killed the moment the charger came out. The Sia
+# bridge below reuses this set.
+$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -RestartCount 5 -RestartInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 3650)
 Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "BNS Resolver Daemon" -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -Settings $settings `
   -User "SYSTEM" -RunLevel Highest -Force | Out-Null
 Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName "BNS Resolver Daemon"