diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 8d0376b..40792fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -118,11 +118,23 @@ function loadInitialPage(): Page {
 // the account isn't known yet (first load, before the tab is pinned), start from defaults; the
 // post-login effect loads the real ones once the id arrives.
 function loadAccountFilters(id: number | null): FeedFilters {
+  // Your last-applied filters win, so a reload keeps whatever view you're on (a saved view you
+  // picked, or manual tweaks) — setFilters persists them under LS.filters on every change. The
+  // starred default view only SEEDS a fresh account that has never stored filters: it drives the
+  // very first load, after which that state persists like any other. (Re-apply the default view
+  // from the sidebar to return to it.)
+  const fKey = accountKey(LS.filters, id);
+  let hasStored = false;
+  try {
+    hasStored = !!fKey && localStorage.getItem(fKey) != null;
+  } catch {
+    /* localStorage may be unavailable */
+  }
+  if (hasStored && fKey) return readMerged(fKey, DEFAULT_FILTERS);
   const dvKey = accountKey(LS.defaultViewFilters, id);
   const def = dvKey ? readJSON<FeedFilters | null>(dvKey, null) : null;
   if (def) return { ...DEFAULT_FILTERS, ...def };
-  const fKey = accountKey(LS.filters, id);
-  return fKey ? readMerged(fKey, DEFAULT_FILTERS) : { ...DEFAULT_FILTERS };
+  return { ...DEFAULT_FILTERS };
 }
 
 // URL wins over localStorage so a pasted link reproduces the exact view.