diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/PKGBUILD
index 02d2e9d..a0c77f8 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 pkgname=omarchy-steam-fex
 pkgver=1.0.0
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc='Steam launcher with login workarounds for Apple Silicon using muvm and FEX'
 arch=('aarch64')
 url='https://github.com/omacom/omarchy-pkgs/tree/master/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex'
 license=('MIT')
 checkdepends=('python')
 source=('omarchy-launch-steam' 'LICENSE' 'test-launcher.py')
-sha256sums=('37ad2e8a863e90c2b3248f22d93b548c6070f396f631ad39cefc4745478515b4'
+sha256sums=('d00742b36ba3d630b43cfe5ab7ac665625e113651d487630e2e440535c8dab64'
             '717ba1949502290f8e47688ae2e323acd06c8ca47aec9f7596b15f678c1af4a2'
-            'fbab0f88ecdf3238bfb95a1523eef7de2ded2928c91c90e4e06435696dd86cdb')
+            '4584557d52d2a56d1edf082c0d0c0deaa3eed2959b02e6eb681c9dd36bc94f3f')
 
 check() {
   python test-launcher.py
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/README.md b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/README.md
index 9760b17..df55174 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/README.md
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 `omarchy-steam-fex` provides `omarchy-launch-steam` for the Asahi Linux `steam`, `muvm`, and `FEX-Emu` stack. Those runtime packages come from `asahi-alarm`; `FEX-Emu` provides `FEXBash`. The package is restricted to aarch64 and assumes that stack's `~/.local/share/fex-steam/steam-launcher/bin_steam.sh` layout.
 
-The launcher runs Steam through `muvm` and `FEXBash` with the CEF occlusion workaround. Once Steam's client files are present, it also disables bootstrap verification and repair and patches the Steam UI network initialization block that can leave login waiting indefinitely. Initial bootstrap keeps the normal bootstrap flags. If the FEX launcher is unavailable, it falls back to `steam`.
+The launcher runs Steam through `muvm` and `FEXBash` with the CEF occlusion workaround. Once Steam's client files are present, it patches the Steam UI network initialization block that can leave login waiting indefinitely. Initial bootstrap uses Steam's normal checks. Subsequent launches keep update and bootstrap checks enabled but pass `-noverifyfiles`: Steam otherwise detects the modified UI file, replaces it, and loses the login fix. After a client update replaces the UI file, launch again to reapply the patch. If the FEX launcher is unavailable, it falls back to `steam`.
 
 `omarchy-launch-steam --prepare` creates the current user's desktop override with `Exec=omarchy-launch-steam %U` if it is missing, and applies the same UI patch. Existing overrides and symlinks are preserved on preparation and launch. If an existing override uses a different command, edit its `Exec` entry to use `omarchy-launch-steam %U` when you want this launcher. Each matching chunk is backed up as `.omarchy-bak` before its first patch; existing backups are preserved. The regex matches the original network initialization block, so a patched block is not changed again. An unrelated connected-state assignment elsewhere in the chunk does not suppress the fix. The regex depends on Valve's client code and may need updating when that code changes.
 
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/omarchy-launch-steam b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/omarchy-launch-steam
index c46fdf7..40e5249 100755
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/omarchy-launch-steam
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/omarchy-launch-steam
@@ -95,13 +95,10 @@ if [[ $(uname -m) == aarch64 ]] && command -v muvm >/dev/null && command -v FEXB
   if [[ -f $launcher ]]; then
     steam_args=(-cef-force-occlusion)
     if steam_client_ready; then
+      # Steam's verifier replaces our patched UI chunk on every launch.
+      # Keep update/bootstrap checks enabled while preserving that patch.
+      steam_args+=(-noverifyfiles)
       prepare_asahi
-      steam_args+=(
-        -noverifyfiles
-        -nobootstrapupdate
-        -skipinitialbootstrap
-        -norepairfiles
-      )
     else
       write_steam_desktop
     fi
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/test-launcher.py b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/test-launcher.py
index 02e7c65..5b511c6 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/test-launcher.py
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-steam-fex/test-launcher.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ ORIGINAL = (
     '(0,Ab.cd)("System.Network.RegisterForConnectivityTestChanges")&&SteamClient.System.Network.RegisterForConnectivityTestChanges(this.OnConnectivityTestStateChanged),'
     't||(this.m_bIsAwaitingInitialNetworkState=!1);after();'
 )
-SKIP_BOOTSTRAP = ['-noverifyfiles', '-nobootstrapupdate', '-skipinitialbootstrap', '-norepairfiles']
 
 MOCK = '''
 import json, os
@@ -200,11 +199,11 @@ class SteamLauncherTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assert_fex(self.run_launcher(), ['-cef-force-occlusion'], [])
         self.assertEqual(path.read_text(), ORIGINAL)
 
-    def test_ready_launch_patches_and_disables_bootstrap(self):
+    def test_ready_launch_patches_and_keeps_update_checks_enabled(self):
         path = self.chunk()
         self.client_ready()
         args = ['steam://open/main']
-        self.assert_fex(self.run_launcher(*args), ['-cef-force-occlusion', *SKIP_BOOTSTRAP], args)
+        self.assert_fex(self.run_launcher(*args), ['-cef-force-occlusion', '-noverifyfiles'], args)
         self.assertIn('m_bIsConnectedToANetwork=!0', path.read_text())
         self.assert_desktop()