diff --git a/Web App/web/src/views/Charging.vue b/Web App/web/src/views/Charging.vue
index 045176a..a3ff4cd 100644
--- a/Web App/web/src/views/Charging.vue	
+++ b/Web App/web/src/views/Charging.vue	
@@ -1781,12 +1781,58 @@ async function refreshCtl() {
     modbusHost.value = ctl.value?.modbusHost || "";
     modbusPort.value = ctl.value?.modbusPort || 502;
     syncSettingsDraft();
+    chaseSettings();
   } catch (e) {
     ctlError.value = e.message;
     ctl.value = null;
+    stopSettingsRetry();
   }
 }
 
+// --- Waiting for the half of the snapshot that answers late -------------------
+//
+// A snapshot has two halves on two messages. The telemetry comes from the
+// trigger and is there by the time the read returns; the settings come when the
+// charger gets round to answering the request for them, which on this A5191 was
+// measured at around half a minute — long after the read that asked has gone.
+// The frame is not lost: it lands in the server's state and the next read
+// carries it. But nothing on this page took a next read, so a settings card that
+// came up empty stayed empty until something else happened to refresh it, which
+// is what "it doesn't always load" was.
+//
+// So a refresh that comes back without them queues another look, at widening
+// gaps, and then stops. Stopping matters: the message the server asks with is
+// one the reference reads as carrying an Anker bug, so a charger that never
+// answers it is a real possibility, and a page left open all day must not poll
+// one for ever.
+const SETTINGS_RETRY_MS = [6000, 12000, 24000, 45000];
+let settingsRetryAt = 0;
+let settingsRetryFor = "";
+let settingsRetryTimer = null;
+
+function stopSettingsRetry() {
+  clearTimeout(settingsRetryTimer);
+  settingsRetryTimer = null;
+}
+
+function chaseSettings() {
+  const sn = ctlSerial.value.trim();
+  // A different charger is a different question, and gets its own patience.
+  if (sn !== settingsRetryFor) {
+    settingsRetryFor = sn;
+    settingsRetryAt = 0;
+  }
+  stopSettingsRetry();
+  if (!sn || !ctlReadsDevice.value || dev.value.settings) {
+    settingsRetryAt = 0;
+    return;
+  }
+  const wait = SETTINGS_RETRY_MS[settingsRetryAt];
+  if (wait === undefined) return; // asked enough times; the Refresh button remains
+  settingsRetryAt++;
+  settingsRetryTimer = setTimeout(refreshCtl, wait);
+}
+
 // --- The charger's address on the local network (Modbus mode) ---
 // Enabled on the device in the Anker app under Settings > Integrations > Modbus
 // TCP, which is where the address to type here comes from.
@@ -1899,6 +1945,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
 onUnmounted(() => {
   stopLivePoll();
+  stopSettingsRetry();
   document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", onPageVisibility);
 });
 </script>