diff --git a/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js b/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js
index 2897e65..e8760e2 100644
--- a/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js
+++ b/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js
@@ -6438,7 +6438,7 @@ async function stopTimer(token, entryId) {
 }
 
 // src/plugin.ts
-var CURRENT_VERSION = "1.0.48";
+var CURRENT_VERSION = "1.0.49";
 var GITEA_BASE = "https://gitea.pdmarf.co.uk/pdm/stream_deck_notion_timer/raw/branch/stable-rebuild";
 var SIGNING_PUBLIC_KEY = `-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
 MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAN7ko8TUpuPzPAJuKAZCRjV0c4ZSlou5d9pUAF6o12b4=
@@ -6512,7 +6512,8 @@ async function checkForUpdates(sendStatus) {
     }
     fs3.writeFileSync(__filename, newCode);
     plugin_default.logger.info(`Updated to ${version}, restarting\u2026`);
-    sendStatus?.(`Updated to v${version} \u2014 restarting\u2026`);
+    await sendStatus?.(`Updated to v${version} \u2014 restarting\u2026`);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200));
     process.exit(0);
   } catch (err) {
     const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
@@ -6735,7 +6736,6 @@ plugin_default.ui.onSendToPlugin(async (ev) => {
   }
 });
 plugin_default.connect();
-sendProjectsToPI();
 setTimeout(() => checkForUpdates(), 1e4);
 /*! Bundled license information:
 
diff --git a/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js.sig b/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js.sig
index c5ee3f2..4a52926 100644
--- a/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js.sig
+++ b/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/bin/plugin.js.sig
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/ui/property-inspector.html b/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/ui/property-inspector.html
index 3dc4c73..5372e0a 100644
--- a/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/ui/property-inspector.html
+++ b/com.pdma.notion-timer.sdPlugin/ui/property-inspector.html
@@ -176,6 +176,21 @@
       el.className = cls || "";
     }
 
+    // The plugin process restarts after an update, and a freshly-restarted
+    // process has no way to push to an already-open panel (Stream Deck only
+    // tells a plugin a panel is visible via a live didAppear/onSendToPlugin
+    // round trip, which a cold-started process hasn't received yet). So the
+    // panel re-requests the version itself a few times after the restart
+    // window, instead of waiting on the plugin to notify it.
+    function pollForVersionRefresh() {
+      var token = document.getElementById("notionToken").value.trim();
+      [1500, 3500, 6000, 9000].forEach(function(delay) {
+        setTimeout(function() {
+          $PI.sendToPlugin({ event: "refreshProjects", token: token });
+        }, delay);
+      });
+    }
+
     // Collapsible credentials section
     document.getElementById("credToggle").addEventListener("click", function() {
       var section = document.getElementById("credSection");
@@ -264,6 +279,7 @@
       document.getElementById("updateBtn").addEventListener("click", function() {
         document.getElementById("updateStatus").textContent = "";
         $PI.sendToPlugin({ event: "checkForUpdates" });
+        pollForVersionRefresh();
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/notion-timer.streamDeckPlugin b/notion-timer.streamDeckPlugin
index 3fc5cd1..0cb89ec 100644
Binary files a/notion-timer.streamDeckPlugin and b/notion-timer.streamDeckPlugin differ
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index a4c2513..6266c27 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const CURRENT_VERSION = "1.0.48";
+const CURRENT_VERSION = "1.0.49";
 const GITEA_BASE = "https://gitea.pdmarf.co.uk/pdm/stream_deck_notion_timer/raw/branch/stable-rebuild";
 const SIGNING_PUBLIC_KEY = `-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
 MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAN7ko8TUpuPzPAJuKAZCRjV0c4ZSlou5d9pUAF6o12b4=
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function fetchWithTimeout(url: string): Promise<Response> {
   return fetch(url, { signal: controller.signal }).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
 }
 
-async function checkForUpdates(sendStatus?: (msg: string) => void): Promise<void> {
+async function checkForUpdates(sendStatus?: (msg: string) => void | Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const resp = await fetchWithTimeout(`${GITEA_BASE}/version.json`);
     if (!resp.ok) { sendStatus?.("Update check failed"); return; }
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ async function checkForUpdates(sendStatus?: (msg: string) => void): Promise<void
 
     fs.writeFileSync(__filename, newCode);
     streamDeck.logger.info(`Updated to ${version}, restarting…`);
-    sendStatus?.(`Updated to v${version} — restarting…`);
+    // Await + a short delay so the message actually reaches the socket before
+    // the process dies — best-effort only, the property inspector doesn't
+    // depend on this arriving (it polls for the new version itself).
+    await sendStatus?.(`Updated to v${version} — restarting…`);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200));
     process.exit(0);
   } catch (err) {
     const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
@@ -350,10 +354,4 @@ streamDeck.ui.onSendToPlugin<{ event: string; settings?: TimerSettings; token?:
 
 streamDeck.connect();
 
-// If a Property Inspector is already open (e.g. it survived the restart
-// that just happened after an auto-update), push it the now-current
-// version immediately — otherwise it keeps showing the pre-update number
-// until the user happens to click a different button and reopens it.
-sendProjectsToPI();
-
 setTimeout(() => checkForUpdates(), 10_000);
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 3c51086..9fc6242 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ "version": "1.0.48" }
+{ "version": "1.0.49" }