diff --git a/frontend/js/calendar.js b/frontend/js/calendar.js
index a9b54a5..ecfb2d9 100644
--- a/frontend/js/calendar.js
+++ b/frontend/js/calendar.js
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ export async function initCalendar() {
   // initial fetchAndRender) so a reload reopens settings instead of stripping it.
   uiSettingsOpen = urlState.settings === true;
 
-  setLang(settings.language || 'de');
-  applyTheme(settings);
-  applyFavicon(settings.primary_color);
+  // state.settings, not the raw server response: for any key whose sync flag
+  // is off the effective value is this browser's local one, and using the raw
+  // value here silently ignored it (and clobbered the setLang above).
+  applyTheme(state.settings);
+  applyFavicon(state.settings.primary_color);
   updateViewButtons();
   renderCalendarList();
   renderMiniCal();
diff --git a/frontend/js/version.js b/frontend/js/version.js
index efa7fa2..398f93f 100644
--- a/frontend/js/version.js
+++ b/frontend/js/version.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // Increment APP_VERSION with every code change
-export const APP_VERSION = 'v95';
+export const APP_VERSION = 'v96';
diff --git a/frontend/sw.js b/frontend/sw.js
index d4598a3..8f5809d 100644
--- a/frontend/sw.js
+++ b/frontend/sw.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // the entry HTML / version files). New releases take effect on the next
 // reload, no manual SW unregister required.
 
-const CACHE_VERSION  = 'calendarr-v41';
+const CACHE_VERSION  = 'calendarr-v42';
 const OFFLINE_SHELL  = ['/', '/index.html'];
 
 self.addEventListener('install', event => {