diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index c76a314..89614a0 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -698,8 +698,9 @@ function initChatWs() {
   };
 
   ws.onclose = () => {
-    console.log("Chat WS closed, reconnecting...");
-    setTimeout(initChatWs, 3000);
+    console.log("Chat WS closed, refreshing page for resilience...");
+    // Automatically refresh on connection loss instead of just background reconnecting
+    location.reload();
   };
 }
 
@@ -1187,6 +1188,7 @@ async function joinVoice() {
 
   state.voice.ws = ws;
   state.voice.joinedChannelId = state.selectedVoiceChannelId;
+  localStorage.setItem("active_voice_channel", state.selectedVoiceChannelId);
 
   // Start mic setup in parallel so channel join is not blocked by device init.
   createLocalVoiceStream()
@@ -1318,6 +1320,7 @@ async function joinVoice() {
 }
 
 async function leaveVoice() {
+  localStorage.removeItem("active_voice_channel");
   if (state.voice.ws) state.voice.ws.close();
 }
 
@@ -1900,6 +1903,18 @@ async function init() {
 
     initChatWs();
     startVoicePresencePolling();
+
+    // Auto-reconnect to voice if previously joined
+    const savedVoiceChannel = localStorage.getItem("active_voice_channel");
+    if (savedVoiceChannel) {
+      console.log("Auto-reconnecting to voice channel:", savedVoiceChannel);
+      state.selectedVoiceChannelId = savedVoiceChannel;
+      // Wait for components to be ready
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        joinVoice().catch(err => console.error("Auto-reconnect failed", err));
+      }, 800);
+    }
+
     lucide.createIcons();
   } catch (err) {
     console.error("init failed", err);