diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-watch b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-watch
index 7d0df494..7379fc68 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-watch
+++ b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-watch
@@ -4,11 +4,24 @@
 
 SOCKET="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock"
 
+recover_internal_monitor_toggles() {
+  omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal recover
+  omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal-mirror recover
+}
+
+recover_after_monitor_removal() {
+  recover_internal_monitor_toggles
+
+  (
+    sleep 1
+    recover_internal_monitor_toggles
+  ) &
+}
+
 socat -U - "UNIX-CONNECT:$SOCKET" | while read -r event; do
   case "$event" in
     monitorremoved\>\>*|monitorremovedv2\>\>*)
-      omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal recover
-      omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal-mirror recover
+      recover_after_monitor_removal
       ;;
   esac
 done
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-system-sleep-lock b/bin/omarchy-system-sleep-lock
index be3ba621..2ebf79c1 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-system-sleep-lock
+++ b/bin/omarchy-system-sleep-lock
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ if [[ ! $wait_attempts =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( wait_attempts < 1 )); then
   wait_attempts=100
 fi
 
+omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal recover >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal-mirror recover >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
 omarchy-shell lock lock >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
 
 for (( attempt = 0; attempt < wait_attempts; attempt++ )); do
diff --git a/test/shell.d/monitor-recovery-test.sh b/test/shell.d/monitor-recovery-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7ff6c361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell.d/monitor-recovery-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
+
+monitor_watch="$ROOT/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-watch"
+sleep_lock="$ROOT/bin/omarchy-system-sleep-lock"
+
+grep -F 'recover_after_monitor_removal' "$monitor_watch" >/dev/null
+grep -F 'sleep 1' "$monitor_watch" >/dev/null
+grep -F 'omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal recover' "$monitor_watch" >/dev/null
+grep -F 'omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal-mirror recover' "$monitor_watch" >/dev/null
+pass "monitor watcher retries internal monitor recovery after removal"
+
+grep -F 'omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal recover >/dev/null 2>&1 || true' "$sleep_lock" >/dev/null
+grep -F 'omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal-mirror recover >/dev/null 2>&1 || true' "$sleep_lock" >/dev/null
+pass "sleep lock recovers internal monitor toggles before suspend"