diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 89c14f9..9a09957 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#111827">
   <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
+  <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
   <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent">
   <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
   <link rel="icon" href="/assets/icon-192.png">
diff --git a/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js b/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js
index 4e2088a..4d73522 100644
--- a/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js
+++ b/frontend/js/views/device-detail.js
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ function showDevicePreview(device) {
   });
 }
 
-async // #150 re-adopt fallback: browse the workspace's previously-removed device snapshots and
+// #150 re-adopt fallback: browse the workspace's previously-removed device snapshots and
 // apply one onto THIS (usually blank, just-re-paired) device. Primary restore is the silent
 // fingerprint-match on re-pair; this is for factory-reset / new-hardware / changed-fingerprint.
 const ORIENT_LABELS = {
@@ -763,9 +763,11 @@ function setupActions(device) {
     }
   });
 
-  // Populate default content dropdown
-  try {
-    const content = await api.getContent();
+  // Populate default content dropdown (async, non-blocking — same .then() pattern as the
+  // playlist picker below). setupActions is a SYNCHRONOUS function; awaiting here made the whole
+  // file fail to parse ("Unexpected reserved word") AND would have deferred every listener below
+  // (save, #150 re-adopt, delete) until this fetch resolved. .then() keeps them registering immediately.
+  api.getContent().then(content => {
     const defaultSelect = document.getElementById('deviceDefaultContent');
     if (defaultSelect) {
       content.forEach(c => {
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ function setupActions(device) {
         defaultSelect.appendChild(opt);
       });
     }
-  } catch {}
+  }).catch(() => {});
 
   // Save settings (notes + orientation + default content)
   // Debug logging toggle: sends a transient set_debug command to the device and