diff --git a/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js b/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js
index fb0c8dd..fc5c498 100644
--- a/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js
+++ b/userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js
@@ -465,6 +465,27 @@
     render();
   }
 
+  // Keys the server has not heard about yet must survive a fetched list, or the
+  // card the user just changed silently flaps back — the exact bug this queue
+  // exists to fix. Reads state.byKey, so it must run *before* setList replaces
+  // it.
+  function overlayPending(list) {
+    if (queue.length === 0) return list;
+    const out = list.filter((b) => {
+      const e = queueGet(b.key);
+      return !(e && e.op === "delete");
+    });
+    for (const e of queue) {
+      if (e.op !== "put") continue;
+      const local = state.byKey[e.key];
+      if (!local) continue;
+      const i = out.findIndex((b) => b.key === e.key);
+      if (i >= 0) out[i] = local;
+      else out.push(local);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
   // ============================================================
   // Mutations (optimistic: update UI/cache first, then sync)
   // ============================================================
@@ -1025,9 +1046,10 @@
   // ============================================================
 
   async function refresh() {
+    await drain(); // push what we owe before adopting the server's view of it
     try {
       const list = await apiGet();
-      setList(list);
+      setList(overlayPending(list));
       render();
     } catch (e) {
       render(); // fall back to cache