diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
index 395b420d7..12946a2d8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class MeshService : Service() {
             }
             .launchIn(serviceScope)
 
-        loadSettings() // Load our last known node DB
+        loadCachedNodeDB() // Load our last known node DB
 
         // the rest of our init will happen once we are in radioConnection.onServiceConnected
     }
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class MeshService : Service() {
     // BEGINNING OF MODEL - FIXME, move elsewhere
     //
 
-    private fun loadSettings() = serviceScope.handledLaunch {
+    private fun loadCachedNodeDB() = serviceScope.handledLaunch {
         myNodeInfo = nodeRepository.myNodeInfo.value
         nodeDBbyNodeNum.putAll(nodeRepository.getNodeDBbyNum().first())
         // Note: we do not haveNodeDB = true because that means we've got a valid db from a real
@@ -2104,7 +2104,9 @@ class MeshService : Service() {
         } else {
             newNodes.forEach(::installNodeInfo)
             newNodes.clear()
-            serviceScope.handledLaunch { nodeRepository.installConfig(myNodeInfo!!, nodeDBbyNodeNum.values.toList()) }
+            // Individual nodes are already upserted to DB via updateNodeInfo->nodeRepository.upsert
+            // Only call installConfig to persist myNodeInfo, not to overwrite all nodes
+            serviceScope.handledLaunch { myNodeInfo?.let { nodeRepository.installConfig(it, emptyList()) } }
             haveNodeDB = true
             flushEarlyReceivedPackets("node_info_complete")
             sendAnalytics()
@@ -2310,6 +2312,8 @@ class MeshService : Service() {
                 historyLog { dbSummary }
                 // Do not clear packet DB here; messages are per-device and should persist
                 clearNotifications()
+                // Reload nodes from the newly switched database
+                loadCachedNodeDB()
             }
         } else {
             Timber.d("SetDeviceAddress: Device address is unchanged, ignoring.")
diff --git a/core/strings/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml b/core/strings/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml
index 365eee340..8b21c934e 100644
--- a/core/strings/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml
+++ b/core/strings/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
     <string name="modules_unlocked">Modules unlocked</string>
     <string name="modules_already_unlocked">Modules already unlocked</string>
     <string name="remote">Remote</string>
-    <string name="node_count_template">(%1$d online / %2$d total)</string>
+    <string name="node_count_template">(%1$d online / %2$d shown / %3$d total)</string>
     <string name="react">React</string>
     <string name="disconnect">Disconnect</string>
     <string name="scanning_bluetooth">Scanning for Bluetooth devices…</string>
diff --git a/feature/messaging/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/messaging/MessageListPaged.kt b/feature/messaging/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/messaging/MessageListPaged.kt
index a0d4ed1f7..78ef0eda6 100644
--- a/feature/messaging/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/messaging/MessageListPaged.kt
+++ b/feature/messaging/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/messaging/MessageListPaged.kt
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ private fun UpdateUnreadCountPaged(
         }
             .debounce(timeoutMillis = UnreadUiDefaults.SCROLL_DEBOUNCE_MILLIS)
             .collectLatest { index ->
+                // Only mark messages as read if we have a valid index (screen is visible and not scrolling)
                 if (index != null) {
                     val lastUnreadIndex = findLastUnreadMessageIndex(messages)
                     // If we're at/past the oldest unread, mark the first visible unread message
diff --git a/feature/node/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/node/list/NodeListScreen.kt b/feature/node/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/node/list/NodeListScreen.kt
index c17765093..0c99acc88 100644
--- a/feature/node/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/node/list/NodeListScreen.kt
+++ b/feature/node/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/node/list/NodeListScreen.kt
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fun NodeListScreen(
         topBar = {
             MainAppBar(
                 title = stringResource(Res.string.nodes),
-                subtitle = stringResource(Res.string.node_count_template, onlineNodeCount, totalNodeCount),
+                subtitle = stringResource(Res.string.node_count_template, onlineNodeCount, nodes.size, totalNodeCount),
                 ourNode = ourNode,
                 showNodeChip = false,
                 canNavigateUp = false,