diff --git a/js/services/encryptedSyncItem.js b/js/services/encryptedSyncItem.js
index 50cace7b..0c658f4f 100644
--- a/js/services/encryptedSyncItem.js
+++ b/js/services/encryptedSyncItem.js
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ export function createEncryptedSyncItem({
     return Boolean(result?.exists);
   }
 
+  // Does this device already have the item locally? (A non-null payload means
+  // there's something to sync — e.g. a connected wallet / configured storage.)
+  // Used by the login offer to re-surface a restore when the item is MISSING
+  // here but a Nostr backup exists.
+  async function hasLocal(pubkey) {
+    const key = normalizePubkey(pubkey);
+    if (!key) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    try {
+      return Boolean(await buildPayload(key));
+    } catch (error) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   async function push(pubkey, { confirmOverwrite } = {}) {
     const key = normalizePubkey(pubkey);
     if (!key) {
@@ -151,6 +167,7 @@ export function createEncryptedSyncItem({
     isAvailable,
     isEnabled,
     hasRemote,
+    hasLocal,
     push,
     pull,
     autoPullIfNewer,
diff --git a/js/services/settingsRestorePrompt.js b/js/services/settingsRestorePrompt.js
index e4eca292..0896d65f 100644
--- a/js/services/settingsRestorePrompt.js
+++ b/js/services/settingsRestorePrompt.js
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ import { showConfirm } from "../ui/confirmDialog.js";
 import { setSyncEnabled } from "./settingsSyncFlags.js";
 
 const OFFERED_KEY = "bitvid:settings-sync:offered:v1";
+// Set when the user explicitly declines a restore offer, so the "re-offer while
+// the item is missing locally" behavior below doesn't nag them on every login.
+const DISMISSED_KEY = "bitvid:settings-sync:dismissed:v1";
 
-function readOffered() {
+function readMap(storageKey) {
   try {
     if (typeof localStorage === "undefined") {
       return {};
     }
-    const raw = localStorage.getItem(OFFERED_KEY);
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
     const parsed = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : {};
     return parsed && typeof parsed === "object" ? parsed : {};
   } catch (error) {
@@ -24,6 +27,31 @@ function readOffered() {
   }
 }
 
+function readOffered() {
+  return readMap(OFFERED_KEY);
+}
+
+function isDismissed(pubkey, kind) {
+  const entry = readMap(DISMISSED_KEY)[pubkey];
+  return Boolean(entry && typeof entry === "object" && entry[kind]);
+}
+
+function markDismissed(pubkey, kind) {
+  try {
+    if (typeof localStorage === "undefined") {
+      return;
+    }
+    const map = readMap(DISMISSED_KEY);
+    const kinds =
+      map[pubkey] && typeof map[pubkey] === "object" ? { ...map[pubkey] } : {};
+    kinds[kind] = true;
+    map[pubkey] = kinds;
+    localStorage.setItem(DISMISSED_KEY, JSON.stringify(map));
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Best-effort.
+  }
+}
+
 // Per-pubkey, PER-ITEM offered state. Tracking only per-pubkey meant the first
 // item offered (usually storage) flagged the whole pubkey, so a wallet note
 // published later was never offered — "the wallet doesn't restore like storage".
@@ -78,13 +106,29 @@ export function createSettingsRestorePrompt({
       ["wallet", walletSync],
     ];
     for (const [kind, service] of services) {
+      // Enabled items auto-pull silently elsewhere; declined items stay quiet.
       if (
         !service?.isAvailable?.() ||
         service.isEnabled(pubkey) ||
-        hasOffered(pubkey, kind)
+        isDismissed(pubkey, kind)
       ) {
         continue;
       }
+      // Re-offer whenever the item is MISSING locally (e.g. a fresh device or a
+      // cleared wallet) so a Nostr backup gets surfaced — "restore like storage".
+      // Only when we DO have it locally do we respect the once-per-device flag
+      // (no nagging). Unknown (no hasLocal) → assume present → keep old behavior.
+      let localCopy = true;
+      if (typeof service.hasLocal === "function") {
+        try {
+          localCopy = Boolean(await service.hasLocal(pubkey));
+        } catch (error) {
+          localCopy = true;
+        }
+      }
+      if (localCopy && hasOffered(pubkey, kind)) {
+        continue;
+      }
       try {
         if (await service.hasRemote()) {
           candidates.push(kind);
@@ -147,6 +191,10 @@ export function createSettingsRestorePrompt({
         `Restore ${candidates.length > 1 ? "them" : "it"} to this device?`
     );
     if (!accepted) {
+      // Remember the decline so we don't re-offer a missing item every login.
+      for (const kind of candidates) {
+        markDismissed(key, kind);
+      }
       return { offered: true, accepted: false };
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/settings-restore-prompt.test.mjs b/tests/settings-restore-prompt.test.mjs
index 56824e3d..c40b7572 100644
--- a/tests/settings-restore-prompt.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/settings-restore-prompt.test.mjs
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ import { isSyncEnabled } from "../js/services/settingsSyncFlags.js";
 
 const PUBKEY = "c".repeat(64);
 
-function makeSyncStub({ available = true, enabled = false, remote = false } = {}) {
-  return {
+function makeSyncStub({
+  available = true,
+  enabled = false,
+  remote = false,
+  local = undefined,
+} = {}) {
+  const stub = {
     pulls: 0,
     isAvailable: () => available,
     isEnabled: () => enabled,
@@ -26,8 +31,16 @@ function makeSyncStub({ available = true, enabled = false, remote = false } = {}
       return { found: true, imported: true };
     },
   };
+  // Only real services expose hasLocal; omitting it (local === undefined) keeps
+  // the legacy "assume present" behavior the older tests rely on.
+  if (local !== undefined) {
+    stub.hasLocal = async () => local;
+  }
+  return stub;
 }
 
+const OFFERED_KEY = "bitvid:settings-sync:offered:v1";
+
 test("offers and restores items that have a remote copy and aren't already enabled", async () => {
   localStorage.clear();
   const storageSync = makeSyncStub({ remote: true });
@@ -51,6 +64,57 @@ test("offers and restores items that have a remote copy and aren't already enabl
   assert.deepEqual(restoredCalls, [["storage"]]);
 });
 
+test("re-offers a MISSING item even after it was already offered once (restore-like-storage)", async () => {
+  localStorage.clear();
+  // Simulate a prior offer for wallet on this device (the old blocker).
+  localStorage.setItem(OFFERED_KEY, JSON.stringify({ [PUBKEY]: { wallet: true } }));
+  const walletSync = makeSyncStub({ remote: true, local: false });
+  const prompt = createSettingsRestorePrompt({
+    storageSync: makeSyncStub({ remote: false, local: true }),
+    walletSync,
+    confirm: () => true,
+  });
+
+  const result = await prompt.maybeOffer(PUBKEY);
+  assert.equal(result.accepted, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.restored, ["wallet"]);
+  assert.equal(walletSync.pulls, 1, "missing wallet is re-surfaced despite the prior offer");
+});
+
+test("does NOT re-offer an item that is present locally once prompted", async () => {
+  localStorage.clear();
+  localStorage.setItem(OFFERED_KEY, JSON.stringify({ [PUBKEY]: { wallet: true } }));
+  const walletSync = makeSyncStub({ remote: true, local: true });
+  const prompt = createSettingsRestorePrompt({
+    storageSync: makeSyncStub({ remote: false, local: true }),
+    walletSync,
+    confirm: () => true,
+  });
+
+  const result = await prompt.maybeOffer(PUBKEY);
+  assert.equal(result.offered, false, "present + already offered → no nag");
+  assert.equal(walletSync.pulls, 0);
+});
+
+test("dismissing a missing item stops it re-offering every login", async () => {
+  localStorage.clear();
+  const walletSync = makeSyncStub({ remote: true, local: false });
+  const prompt = createSettingsRestorePrompt({
+    storageSync: makeSyncStub({ remote: false, local: true }),
+    walletSync,
+    confirm: () => false, // decline
+  });
+
+  const first = await prompt.maybeOffer(PUBKEY);
+  assert.equal(first.offered, true);
+  assert.equal(first.accepted, false);
+
+  // Next login: still missing locally, but the decline is remembered.
+  const second = await prompt.maybeOffer(PUBKEY);
+  assert.equal(second.offered, false, "declined → stays quiet even though still missing");
+  assert.equal(walletSync.pulls, 0);
+});
+
 test("declining the prompt restores nothing", async () => {
   localStorage.clear();
   const storageSync = makeSyncStub({ remote: true });