diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/main.rs b/core/archipelago/src/main.rs
index 9d7dacea..0bfe0c17 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/main.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Spawn disk space monitor (warns at 85%, auto-cleans at 90%)
     disk_monitor::spawn_disk_monitor(config.data_dir.clone());
 
+    // Restore WireGuard peers into wg0 (kernel loses them on every reboot).
+    {
+        let data_dir = config.data_dir.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            vpn::restore_wg_peers(&data_dir).await;
+        });
+    }
+
     // Spawn ElectrumX status cache (refreshes every 15s, serves cached data to avoid race conditions)
     electrs_status::spawn_status_cache();
 
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/vpn.rs b/core/archipelago/src/vpn.rs
index f2614145..c9403e76 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/vpn.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/vpn.rs
@@ -708,6 +708,89 @@ pub async fn configure_wireguard(
     Ok(wg_config)
 }
 
+/// Restore WireGuard peers from `data_dir/nostr-vpn/peers/*.json` into the
+/// kernel after a reboot.
+///
+/// Kernel peer state is ephemeral. The add-peer RPC persists each peer to
+/// a JSON file but only pushes it into wg0 at creation time — without this
+/// restore step, every reboot drops all peers and the user has to re-add
+/// them via QR.
+pub async fn restore_wg_peers(data_dir: &Path) {
+    let peers_dir = data_dir.join("nostr-vpn/peers");
+    let mut entries = match fs::read_dir(&peers_dir).await {
+        Ok(e) => e,
+        Err(_) => return,
+    };
+
+    // archipelago-wg.service may race us on boot; wait up to 30s for wg0.
+    for _ in 0..30 {
+        let up = tokio::process::Command::new("ip")
+            .args(["link", "show", "wg0"])
+            .output()
+            .await
+            .map(|o| o.status.success())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if up {
+            break;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    }
+
+    let mut restored = 0usize;
+    while let Ok(Some(entry)) = entries.next_entry().await {
+        let path = entry.path();
+        if path.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) != Some("json") {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let content = match fs::read_to_string(&path).await {
+            Ok(c) => c,
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!("VPN restore: read {:?} failed: {}", path, e);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        let v: serde_json::Value = match serde_json::from_str(&content) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!("VPN restore: parse {:?} failed: {}", path, e);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        let pubkey = v.get("public_key").and_then(|s| s.as_str());
+        let ip = v.get("ip").and_then(|s| s.as_str());
+        let (pubkey, ip) = match (pubkey, ip) {
+            (Some(p), Some(i)) => (p, i),
+            _ => {
+                tracing::warn!("VPN restore: {:?} missing public_key or ip", path);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
+        let out = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+            .args(["archipelago-wg", "add-peer", pubkey, ip])
+            .output()
+            .await;
+        match out {
+            Ok(o) if o.status.success() => restored += 1,
+            Ok(o) => tracing::warn!(
+                "VPN restore: add-peer failed for {}: {}",
+                pubkey,
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr).trim()
+            ),
+            Err(e) => tracing::warn!("VPN restore: add-peer spawn failed: {}", e),
+        }
+    }
+
+    if restored > 0 {
+        tracing::info!(
+            "🔐 VPN: restored {} WireGuard peer(s) from {}",
+            restored,
+            peers_dir.display()
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/scripts/container-specs.sh b/scripts/container-specs.sh
index 34df8689..54ea0fa5 100755
--- a/scripts/container-specs.sh
+++ b/scripts/container-specs.sh
@@ -453,10 +453,11 @@ load_spec_filebrowser() {
   reset_spec
   SPEC_NAME="filebrowser"
   SPEC_IMAGE="${FILEBROWSER_IMAGE}"
+  SPEC_NETWORK="archy-net"
   SPEC_PORTS="8083:80"
-  SPEC_VOLUMES="/var/lib/archipelago/filebrowser:/srv"
+  SPEC_VOLUMES="/var/lib/archipelago/filebrowser:/srv /var/lib/archipelago/filebrowser-data:/data"
   SPEC_MEMORY="$(mem_limit filebrowser)"
-  SPEC_HEALTH_CMD="curl -sf http://localhost:80/ || exit 1"
+  SPEC_HEALTH_CMD="wget -q --spider http://localhost:80/health || exit 1"
   SPEC_TIER="3"
   SPEC_DATA_DIR="/var/lib/archipelago/filebrowser"
   SPEC_CAPS=""