diff --git a/UPCOMING_RELEASE.md b/UPCOMING_RELEASE.md
index e69de29..fdb580d 100644
--- a/UPCOMING_RELEASE.md
+++ b/UPCOMING_RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Upcoming Release Notes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db8814d..ac5a773 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ voxvera = ["templates/**", "src/**", "resources/**", "locales/**", "resources/bi
 
 [project]
 name = "voxvera"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.7"
 description = "VoxVera CLI utilities"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "VoxVera"}]
diff --git a/site/download/voxvera-source.zip b/site/download/voxvera-source.zip
index b01f2fc..b20ce22 100644
Binary files a/site/download/voxvera-source.zip and b/site/download/voxvera-source.zip differ
diff --git a/voxvera/__init__.py b/voxvera/__init__.py
index 9c819ef..2edeb97 100644
--- a/voxvera/__init__.py
+++ b/voxvera/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-__version__ = "0.3.6"
+__version__ = "0.3.7"
 
 # Add the vendor directory to sys.path ONLY for PyInstaller (frozen) builds.
 # For pip/pipx installs the system/venv packages are correct and the vendored
diff --git a/voxvera/platforms/linux.py b/voxvera/platforms/linux.py
index a04fb74..a3aab15 100644
--- a/voxvera/platforms/linux.py
+++ b/voxvera/platforms/linux.py
@@ -124,14 +124,38 @@ Persistent=true
             ["systemctl", "--user", "disable", "--now", "voxvera.service"],
             ["systemctl", "--user", "enable", "--now", "voxvera-start.timer"],
             ["systemctl", "--user", "start", "voxvera-start.service"],
-            ["loginctl", "enable-linger", os.environ.get("USER", "")],
         ]
         for command in commands:
             try:
-                subprocess.run(command, check=False, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+                subprocess.run(
+                    command,
+                    check=False,
+                    stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                    stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                    stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                    timeout=10,
+                )
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
+        linger_output = ""
+        try:
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                ["loginctl", "show-user", os.environ.get("USER", ""), "--property=Linger", "--value"],
+                check=False,
+                stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                text=True,
+                timeout=5,
+            )
+            linger_output = (result.stdout or "").strip()
+            if linger_output == "no":
+                print("Note: user linger is not enabled. The recovery timer will run while you are logged in.")
+                print("  To enable boot-time user services, run: sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER")
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
         print(f"Systemd user service installed: {self.service_path}")
         print(f"Systemd user timer installed: {self.timer_path}")
         print("Sites will be retried automatically after boot and every few minutes.")