diff --git a/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.test.ts b/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.test.ts
index 5eaf48288..64d0f013d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.test.ts
@@ -279,23 +279,14 @@ describe("resolveStartupRoute", () => {
     ).toEqual({ kind: "redirect", href: "/h/srv-desktop" });
   });
 
-  it("keeps root startup on the splash while a saved host reconnects", () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveStartupRoute({
-        ...baseIndexInput,
-        hosts: [{ serverId: "server-saved" }],
-      }),
-    ).toEqual({ kind: "splash" });
-  });
-
-  it("shows welcome after root startup gives up waiting for a saved offline host", () => {
+  it("keeps a known connecting host in app-owned routing instead of showing welcome", () => {
     expect(
       resolveStartupRoute({
         ...baseIndexInput,
         hosts: [{ serverId: "server-saved" }],
         hasGivenUpWaitingForHost: true,
       }),
-    ).toEqual({ kind: "redirect", href: "/welcome" });
+    ).toEqual({ kind: "redirect", href: "/h/server-saved" });
   });
 
   it("shows welcome after root startup gives up and no host exists", () => {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.ts b/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.ts
index 49f745bde..8db0043fc 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/app/host-runtime-bootstrap.ts
@@ -183,11 +183,9 @@ function resolveReadyIndexStartupRoute(input: ResolveIndexStartupRouteInput): St
     return { kind: "redirect", href: buildHostRootRoute(input.anyOnlineHostServerId) };
   }
 
-  if (workspaceSelection) {
-    const fallbackServerId = input.hosts[0]?.serverId ?? null;
-    if (fallbackServerId) {
-      return { kind: "redirect", href: buildHostRootRoute(fallbackServerId) };
-    }
+  const savedHostServerId = input.hosts[0]?.serverId ?? null;
+  if (savedHostServerId) {
+    return { kind: "redirect", href: buildHostRootRoute(savedHostServerId) };
   }
 
   if (input.hasGivenUpWaitingForHost) {