diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs b/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
index d58250a..bc11273 100644
--- a/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
+++ b/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
@@ -157,17 +157,22 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
             {
                 PluginSettings.Instance.VitalSharingEnabled = enabled;
                 var tracker = _instance?._vitalSharingTracker;
-                if (tracker == null) return;
-                if (enabled)
+                if (tracker != null)
                 {
-                    tracker.Start();
-                    WriteToChat("[VitalShare] ENABLED");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    tracker.Stop();
-                    WriteToChat("[VitalShare] DISABLED");
+                    if (enabled)
+                    {
+                        tracker.Start();
+                        WriteToChat("[VitalShare] ENABLED");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        tracker.Stop();
+                        WriteToChat("[VitalShare] DISABLED");
+                    }
                 }
+                // Sync the checkbox on the Settings tab so chat commands
+                // and the UI stay in lockstep.
+                Views.VVSTabbedMainView.RefreshSettingsFromConfig();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/WebSocket.cs b/MosswartMassacre/WebSocket.cs
index 058254b..db6b65b 100644
--- a/MosswartMassacre/WebSocket.cs
+++ b/MosswartMassacre/WebSocket.cs
@@ -112,6 +112,34 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
                     await SendEncodedAsync(regJson, _cts.Token);
                     _logger?.Log("[WebSocket] REGISTERED");
 
+                    // ─── Re-subscribe to vital sharing on every (re)connect ───
+                    // The backend evicts subscribers on disconnect, so after a
+                    // reconnect we need to re-announce or our share_* messages
+                    // won't be forwarded to other clients.
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (PluginSettings.IsInitialized && PluginSettings.Instance.VitalSharingEnabled)
+                        {
+                            var tag = PluginSettings.Instance.CharTag;
+                            var tags = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tag)
+                                ? new string[0]
+                                : new[] { tag };
+                            var subEnvelope = new
+                            {
+                                type = "share_subscribe",
+                                timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("o"),
+                                character_name = CoreManager.Current.CharacterFilter.Name,
+                                tags = tags,
+                            };
+                            await SendEncodedAsync(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(subEnvelope), _cts.Token);
+                            _logger?.Log("[WebSocket] Vital sharing re-subscribed");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        _logger?.Log($"[WebSocket] Re-subscribe error: {ex.Message}");
+                    }
+
                     var buffer = new byte[4096];
 
                     // 2) Fire-and-forget receive loop
diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll b/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll
index aaa74ff..bd9d490 100644
Binary files a/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll and b/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll differ