diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9813dc6e..69478439 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🐛(frontend) fall back to user.full_name on request-entry
 - 🚸(frontend) show two initials in the Avatar when possible
 - 🩹(all) clear the SonarCloud reliability finding and the lint debt
+- 🐛(frontend) stop the installed app reopening the room it came from
 
 ## [1.24.0] - 2026-07-21
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/Dockerfile b/src/frontend/Dockerfile
index b3cf9874..0c3025fd 100644
--- a/src/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ WORKDIR /home/frontend
 ARG VITE_API_BASE_URL
 ENV VITE_API_BASE_URL=${VITE_API_BASE_URL}
 
+ARG VITE_APP_TITLE
+ENV VITE_APP_TITLE=${VITE_APP_TITLE}
+
 RUN npm run build
 
 # ---- Front-end image ----
diff --git a/src/frontend/public/site.webmanifest b/src/frontend/public/site.webmanifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 45dc8a20..00000000
--- a/src/frontend/public/site.webmanifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"name":"","short_name":"","icons":[{"src":"/android-chrome-192x192.png","sizes":"192x192","type":"image/png"},{"src":"/android-chrome-512x512.png","sizes":"512x512","type":"image/png"}],"theme_color":"#ffffff","background_color":"#ffffff","display":"standalone"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/frontend/site.webmanifest b/src/frontend/site.webmanifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04186631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/site.webmanifest
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "icons": [
+    {
+      "src": "/android-chrome-192x192.png",
+      "sizes": "192x192",
+      "type": "image/png"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/android-chrome-512x512.png",
+      "sizes": "512x512",
+      "type": "image/png"
+    }
+  ],
+  "start_url": "/",
+  "theme_color": "#ffffff",
+  "background_color": "#ffffff",
+  "display": "standalone"
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/vite.config.ts b/src/frontend/vite.config.ts
index fd12d6fb..241dc98c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
             dest: 'assets/mediapipe/wasm',
             rename: { stripBase: 4 },
           },
+          {
+            // Kept out of public/ so the instance title reaches the manifest,
+            // the way index.html gets it through %VITE_APP_TITLE%.
+            src: 'site.webmanifest',
+            dest: '.',
+            transform: (content) => {
+              const title = env.VITE_APP_TITLE
+              return JSON.stringify({
+                ...JSON.parse(content),
+                name: title,
+                short_name: title,
+              })
+            },
+          },
         ],
       }),
       env.VITE_ANALYZE === 'true' &&