diff --git a/app/src/pages/Settings.tsx b/app/src/pages/Settings.tsx
index e137c2761..ee4e8e0f6 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/Settings.tsx
+++ b/app/src/pages/Settings.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import VoicePanel from '../components/settings/panels/VoicePanel';
 import WebhooksDebugPanel from '../components/settings/panels/WebhooksDebugPanel';
 import SettingsHome from '../components/settings/SettingsHome';
 import SettingsSectionPage from '../components/settings/SettingsSectionPage';
+import { APP_VERSION } from '../utils/config';
 
 const accountSettingsItems = [
   {
@@ -331,6 +332,9 @@ const Settings = () => {
           <Route path="memory-debug" element={<MemoryDebugPanel />} />
           <Route path="recovery-phrase" element={<RecoveryPhrasePanel />} />
         </Routes>
+        <div className="border-t border-stone-100 px-4 py-3 text-center text-[11px] text-stone-400">
+          Beta build - v{APP_VERSION}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/ScreenPermissionsStep.tsx b/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/ScreenPermissionsStep.tsx
index 5f1f6c8de..533ab2220 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/ScreenPermissionsStep.tsx
+++ b/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/ScreenPermissionsStep.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import {
   fetchAccessibilityStatus,
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const ScreenPermissionsStep = ({ onNext, onBack: _onBack }: ScreenPermissionsSte
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const { status, isLoading, isRequestingPermissions, isRestartingCore, lastError } =
     useAppSelector(state => state.accessibility);
+  const [shouldAutoRefreshOnReturn, setShouldAutoRefreshOnReturn] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     void dispatch(fetchAccessibilityStatus());
@@ -25,6 +26,39 @@ const ScreenPermissionsStep = ({ onNext, onBack: _onBack }: ScreenPermissionsSte
   const accessibilityPermission = status?.permissions.accessibility ?? 'unknown';
   const isGranted = accessibilityPermission === 'granted';
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!shouldAutoRefreshOnReturn) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const refreshAfterReturn = () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState !== 'visible' || isLoading || isRestartingCore) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (isGranted) {
+        setShouldAutoRefreshOnReturn(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setShouldAutoRefreshOnReturn(false);
+      void dispatch(refreshPermissionsWithRestart());
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('focus', refreshAfterReturn);
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', refreshAfterReturn);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('focus', refreshAfterReturn);
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', refreshAfterReturn);
+    };
+  }, [dispatch, isGranted, isLoading, isRestartingCore, shouldAutoRefreshOnReturn]);
+
+  const handleRequestPermissions = () => {
+    setShouldAutoRefreshOnReturn(true);
+    void dispatch(requestAccessibilityPermission('accessibility'));
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className="rounded-2xl border border-stone-200 bg-white p-8 shadow-soft animate-fade-up">
       <div className="text-center mb-5">
@@ -67,7 +101,7 @@ const ScreenPermissionsStep = ({ onNext, onBack: _onBack }: ScreenPermissionsSte
         <div className="space-y-2 mb-3">
           <button
             type="button"
-            onClick={() => void dispatch(requestAccessibilityPermission('accessibility'))}
+            onClick={handleRequestPermissions}
             disabled={isRequestingPermissions || isLoading}
             className="btn-primary w-full py-2.5 text-sm font-medium rounded-xl disabled:opacity-60">
             {isRequestingPermissions ? 'Requesting...' : 'Request Permissions'}
@@ -81,6 +115,12 @@ const ScreenPermissionsStep = ({ onNext, onBack: _onBack }: ScreenPermissionsSte
           </button>
           {(lastError || status?.permission_check_process_path) && (
             <div className="text-xs text-stone-400 text-center px-2 space-y-1">
+              {shouldAutoRefreshOnReturn ? (
+                <p>
+                  After granting access in System Settings, return here and OpenHuman will refresh
+                  automatically.
+                </p>
+              ) : null}
               {lastError ? <p className="text-coral-400">{lastError}</p> : null}
               {status?.permission_check_process_path ? (
                 <p className="font-mono break-all text-stone-500">
diff --git a/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/__tests__/ScreenPermissionsStep.test.tsx b/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/__tests__/ScreenPermissionsStep.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5258fb68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/pages/onboarding/steps/__tests__/ScreenPermissionsStep.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { configureStore } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import accessibilityReducer from '../../../../store/accessibilitySlice';
+import authReducer from '../../../../store/authSlice';
+import socketReducer from '../../../../store/socketSlice';
+import teamReducer from '../../../../store/teamSlice';
+import userReducer from '../../../../store/userSlice';
+import {
+  type AccessibilityStatus,
+  openhumanAccessibilityRequestPermission,
+  openhumanAccessibilityStatus,
+  restartCoreProcess,
+} from '../../../../utils/tauriCommands';
+import ScreenPermissionsStep from '../ScreenPermissionsStep';
+
+vi.mock('../../../../utils/tauriCommands', async importOriginal => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('../../../../utils/tauriCommands')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    openhumanAccessibilityRequestPermission: vi.fn(),
+    openhumanAccessibilityStatus: vi.fn(),
+    restartCoreProcess: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+const deniedStatus: AccessibilityStatus = {
+  platform_supported: true,
+  permissions: {
+    screen_recording: 'unknown',
+    accessibility: 'denied',
+    input_monitoring: 'unknown',
+  },
+  features: { screen_monitoring: true, device_control: true, predictive_input: true },
+  session: {
+    active: false,
+    started_at_ms: null,
+    expires_at_ms: null,
+    remaining_ms: null,
+    ttl_secs: 300,
+    panic_hotkey: 'Cmd+Shift+.',
+    stop_reason: null,
+    frames_in_memory: 0,
+    last_capture_at_ms: null,
+    last_context: null,
+    vision_enabled: true,
+    vision_state: 'idle',
+    vision_queue_depth: 0,
+    last_vision_at_ms: null,
+    last_vision_summary: null,
+  },
+  config: {
+    enabled: true,
+    capture_policy: 'hybrid',
+    policy_mode: 'all_except_blacklist',
+    baseline_fps: 1,
+    vision_enabled: true,
+    session_ttl_secs: 300,
+    panic_stop_hotkey: 'Cmd+Shift+.',
+    autocomplete_enabled: true,
+    keep_screenshots: false,
+    allowlist: [],
+    denylist: [],
+  },
+  denylist: [],
+  is_context_blocked: false,
+  permission_check_process_path: '/tmp/openhuman-core-x86_64-apple-darwin',
+};
+
+const grantedStatus: AccessibilityStatus = {
+  ...deniedStatus,
+  permissions: { ...deniedStatus.permissions, accessibility: 'granted' },
+};
+
+const createStore = () =>
+  configureStore({
+    reducer: {
+      auth: authReducer,
+      socket: socketReducer,
+      user: userReducer,
+      team: teamReducer,
+      accessibility: accessibilityReducer,
+    },
+  });
+
+function renderStep() {
+  const store = createStore();
+  const onNext = vi.fn();
+
+  const Wrapper = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => (
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <MemoryRouter>{children}</MemoryRouter>
+    </Provider>
+  );
+
+  render(<ScreenPermissionsStep onNext={onNext} />, { wrapper: Wrapper });
+
+  return { store, onNext };
+}
+
+describe('ScreenPermissionsStep', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.mocked(restartCoreProcess).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    vi.mocked(openhumanAccessibilityRequestPermission).mockResolvedValue({
+      result: deniedStatus.permissions,
+      logs: [],
+    });
+    vi.mocked(openhumanAccessibilityStatus).mockResolvedValue({ result: deniedStatus, logs: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('auto-refreshes permissions after returning from System Settings', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(openhumanAccessibilityStatus)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ result: deniedStatus, logs: [] })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ result: deniedStatus, logs: [] })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ result: grantedStatus, logs: [] });
+
+    renderStep();
+
+    await screen.findByText('Screen & Accessibility Permissions');
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Request Permissions' }));
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/OpenHuman will refresh automatically/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', { configurable: true, value: 'visible' });
+    fireEvent(window, new Event('focus'));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(restartCoreProcess).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('granted')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/src/utils/config.ts b/app/src/utils/config.ts
index 497d1e69f..cbd54c6ab 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/app/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import packageJson from '../../package.json';
+
 export const CORE_RPC_URL =
   import.meta.env.VITE_OPENHUMAN_CORE_RPC_URL || 'http://127.0.0.1:7788/rpc';
 
@@ -40,3 +42,5 @@ export const TELEGRAM_BOT_USERNAME =
 export const DEV_JWT_TOKEN = import.meta.env.DEV
   ? (import.meta.env.VITE_DEV_JWT_TOKEN as string | undefined)
   : undefined;
+
+export const APP_VERSION = packageJson.version;