diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 626ae758..e8df0028 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1940,6 +1940,10 @@ function onChromeReady() {
   // Re-emit any pending update notice — harmless if nothing is pending.
   emitUpdateAvailable();
   scheduleStartupUpdateCheck();
+  // Add-on update poller, 30 s after the first page is up. Moved here from
+  // whenReady+30s so it never races tab restore (restoreTabs runs above and
+  // its network fetches should go unimpeded for the first few seconds).
+  setTimeout(() => pollAddonUpdates("boot"), 30_000);
   refreshRemoteHomeCards().catch(() => {});
 }
 function applyThrottle() {
@@ -12180,7 +12184,7 @@ if (!process.env.THESEUS_NO_AUTOSTART && !app.requestSingleInstanceLock()) {
     // check and never showed up), so re-check every 4 h while running, and
     // tell the chrome whenever something is staged so the user sees a
     // "restart to apply" chip instead of finding out in Settings.
-    setTimeout(() => pollAddonUpdates("boot"), 30_000);
+    // boot-time poll now runs from onChromeReady; interval poll (4 h) is fine here.
     setInterval(() => pollAddonUpdates("interval"), 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
     // Launched from an installed app's shortcut: just that app's window; the
     // browser window comes up on the next plain launch (second-instance).
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ee61024..19b1d764 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "theseus-navigator",
-  "version": "0.3.113",
+  "version": "0.3.114",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "description": "Theseus Navigator — a browser that follows the thread. By Silent Mode, a Deviant project.",
   "author": "Silent Mode",