diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeSettingsView.swift b/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeSettingsView.swift
index 511ec96e..fe1501af 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeSettingsView.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeSettingsView.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ struct HomeSettingsView: View {
     // Edit mode for delete functionality
     @State private var isEditMode = false
 
+    // Load settings only once per presentation: pushing a child page (e.g. the
+    // card style view) fires onDisappear/onAppear on this view, and re-running
+    // loadSettings on pop-back would clobber edits made through bindings.
+    @State private var hasLoadedSettings = false
+
     #if os(macOS)
     // macOS: drive the style page programmatically. A List-embedded NavigationLink
     // gets stuck in the selected (blue) state after popping back and can't be
@@ -59,7 +64,8 @@ struct HomeSettingsView: View {
             HomeShortcutStyleView(
                 style: $shortcutCardStyle,
                 palette: $shortcutColorfulPalette,
-                customColors: $shortcutCustomPaletteColors
+                customColors: $shortcutCustomPaletteColors,
+                onSave: saveSettingsIfLoaded
             )
         }
         #endif
@@ -70,6 +76,8 @@ struct HomeSettingsView: View {
         .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
         #endif
         .onAppear {
+            guard !hasLoadedSettings else { return }
+            hasLoadedSettings = true
             loadSettings()
         }
         .onDisappear {
@@ -120,7 +128,8 @@ struct HomeSettingsView: View {
                     HomeShortcutStyleView(
                         style: $shortcutCardStyle,
                         palette: $shortcutColorfulPalette,
-                        customColors: $shortcutCustomPaletteColors
+                        customColors: $shortcutCustomPaletteColors,
+                        onSave: saveSettingsIfLoaded
                     )
                 }
                 #endif
@@ -340,6 +349,11 @@ struct HomeSettingsView: View {
         availableSectionsByMediaSource = settings.allAvailableMediaSourceSections(sources: sources)
     }
 
+    private func saveSettingsIfLoaded() {
+        guard hasLoadedSettings else { return }
+        saveSettings()
+    }
+
     private func saveSettings() {
         guard let settings = settingsManager else { return }
         settings.homeShortcutLayout = shortcutLayout
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeShortcutStyleView.swift b/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeShortcutStyleView.swift
index 8b82e2ed..d9b79bd9 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeShortcutStyleView.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Home/HomeShortcutStyleView.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ struct HomeShortcutStyleView: View {
     @Binding var palette: HomeShortcutColorfulPalette
     @Binding var customColors: [String]
 
+    /// Called after any value changes so the owner persists immediately. The
+    /// owner sits covered in the navigation stack where its own onChange never
+    /// fires, and swipe-dismissing the sheet from here skips its lifecycle.
+    var onSave: (() -> Void)? = nil
+
     /// Editing mode for the custom palette.
     private enum CustomEditMode: String, CaseIterable {
         case list
@@ -87,6 +92,9 @@ struct HomeShortcutStyleView: View {
         #if os(iOS)
         .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
         #endif
+        .onChange(of: style) { onSave?() }
+        .onChange(of: palette) { onSave?() }
+        .onChange(of: customColors) { onSave?() }
     }
 
     // MARK: - Palette