diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 994f2bb..688716d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.2.24",
+  "version": "1.2.25",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://skate-spots.com",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useCrewDismissals.ts b/src/hooks/useCrewDismissals.ts
index a84367c..dd4a0a6 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCrewDismissals.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useCrewDismissals.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,40 @@ export function useDismissCrewNotification() {
       if (!user?.pubkey || !nip44) return; // no NIP-44: local-only, no throw
 
       try {
-        const payload = JSON.stringify({ ids: [...next] });
+        // Data-safety: this list is a single replaceable event whose encrypted
+        // content is the WHOLE dismissal set, so we rewrite all of it. If the
+        // read query hasn't resolved yet (fresh device: cache empty, local
+        // mirror empty), `next` would be just this one id and we'd overwrite —
+        // and thus WIPE — the previously-synced dismissals from other devices.
+        // So merge in the freshest remote set before publishing. (Low-stakes
+        // data — worst case a handled invite re-appears — but we keep the
+        // fetch-before-write pattern consistent with Stash/Contacts.)
+        const merged = new Set(next);
+        try {
+          const events = await nostr.query(
+            [{ kinds: [DISMISS_KIND], authors: [user.pubkey], '#d': [DISMISS_D], limit: 1 }],
+            { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(6000) },
+          );
+          const remote = events[0];
+          if (remote?.content) {
+            const decrypted = await nip44.decrypt(user.pubkey, remote.content);
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(decrypted) as { ids?: unknown };
+            if (Array.isArray(parsed.ids)) {
+              for (const rid of parsed.ids) {
+                if (typeof rid === 'string') merged.add(rid);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        } catch {
+          // Couldn't read the remote set — publish the local union anyway; a
+          // dismissal is additive, so at worst we under-merge, never wipe silently.
+        }
+
+        // Keep local mirror + cache aligned with what we're about to publish.
+        writeLocal([...merged]);
+        queryClient.setQueryData(key, merged);
+
+        const payload = JSON.stringify({ ids: [...merged] });
         const content = await nip44.encrypt(user.pubkey, payload);
         const event = await user.signer.signEvent({
           kind: DISMISS_KIND,