diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/host-removal.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/host-removal.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5efcf8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/host-removal.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { test, expect } from './fixtures';
+
+test('host removal removes the host from UI and persists after reload', async ({ page }) => {
+  const daemonPort = process.env.E2E_DAEMON_PORT;
+  if (!daemonPort) {
+    throw new Error('E2E_DAEMON_PORT is not set (expected from globalSetup).');
+  }
+
+  const extraPort = Number(daemonPort) + 1;
+  const extraEndpoint = `127.0.0.1:${extraPort}`;
+  const nowIso = new Date().toISOString();
+
+  const extraDaemon = {
+    id: 'e2e-extra-daemon',
+    label: 'extra',
+    endpoints: [extraEndpoint],
+    relay: null,
+    metadata: null,
+    createdAt: nowIso,
+    updatedAt: nowIso,
+  };
+
+  // Add a second host once (fixtures seed the primary host on every navigation).
+  await page.addInitScript(
+    ({ daemon }) => {
+      const seedOnceKey = '@paseo:e2e-extra-daemon-seeded-once';
+      if (localStorage.getItem(seedOnceKey)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      localStorage.setItem(seedOnceKey, '1');
+
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:daemon-registry');
+      let parsed: any[] = [];
+      if (raw) {
+        try {
+          parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        } catch {
+          parsed = [];
+        }
+      }
+      const next = Array.isArray(parsed) ? [...parsed, daemon] : [daemon];
+      localStorage.setItem('@paseo:daemon-registry', JSON.stringify(next));
+    },
+    { daemon: extraDaemon }
+  );
+
+  await page.goto('/settings');
+
+  await expect(page.getByText('extra', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText(extraEndpoint, { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible();
+
+  const removeButtons = page.getByText('Remove', { exact: true });
+  await expect(removeButtons).toHaveCount(2);
+
+  page.once('dialog', (dialog) => dialog.accept());
+  await removeButtons.nth(1).click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByText(extraEndpoint, { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+  await page.waitForFunction(
+    (daemonId) => {
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:daemon-registry');
+      if (!raw) return false;
+      try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        return Array.isArray(parsed) && !parsed.some((entry: any) => entry && entry.id === daemonId);
+      } catch {
+        return false;
+      }
+    },
+    extraDaemon.id,
+    { timeout: 10000 }
+  );
+
+  // Prevent the fixture from overwriting storage on reload; verify persistence.
+  await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('@paseo:e2e-disable-default-seed-once', '1'));
+  await page.reload();
+  await expect(page.getByText(extraEndpoint, { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
diff --git a/packages/app/src/app/settings.tsx b/packages/app/src/app/settings.tsx
index 029f2e565..413201655 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/app/settings.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/app/settings.tsx
@@ -545,6 +545,21 @@ export default function SettingsScreen() {
 
   const handleRemoveDaemon = useCallback(
     (profile: DaemonProfile) => {
+      if (Platform.OS === "web") {
+        const hasBrowserConfirm =
+          typeof globalThis !== "undefined" &&
+          typeof (globalThis as any).confirm === "function";
+
+        const confirmed = hasBrowserConfirm ? (globalThis as any).confirm(`Remove ${profile.label}?`) : true;
+        if (!confirmed) return;
+
+        void removeDaemon(profile.id).catch((error) => {
+          console.error("[Settings] Failed to remove daemon", error);
+          Alert.alert("Error", "Unable to remove host");
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
       Alert.alert(
         "Remove Host",
         `Remove ${profile.label}?`,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/utils/tauri-window.ts b/packages/app/src/utils/tauri-window.ts
index b8cd5084d..0257dddc2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/utils/tauri-window.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/utils/tauri-window.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ async function getTauriWindow() {
   }
 
   try {
-    // @metro-ignore tells Metro to skip bundling this import
-    // It will be resolved at runtime in Tauri's WebView
-    const { getCurrentWindow } = await import(/* @metro-ignore */ "@tauri-apps/api/window");
+    // Avoid emitting `import()` syntax into the Hermes bundle (it fails to parse),
+    // while still loading the Tauri module at runtime in the WebView.
+    const dynamicImport = new Function(
+      "moduleName",
+      "return import(moduleName)"
+    ) as (moduleName: string) => Promise<any>;
+
+    const { getCurrentWindow } = await dynamicImport("@tauri-apps/api/window");
     tauriWindow = getCurrentWindow();
     return tauriWindow;
   } catch {