diff --git a/html/launcher.php b/html/launcher.php
index 53bdbaa..c0f39a0 100755
--- a/html/launcher.php
+++ b/html/launcher.php
@@ -66,10 +66,26 @@ if ($type == "get_config_sqlite") {
             $result[$key] = $parsed_value;
         }
         
+        // Detect real WiFi status from wlan0 (DB value may be stale)
+        $wlan0_conn = trim(shell_exec("nmcli -t -f GENERAL.CONNECTION device show wlan0 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2"));
+        if (!empty($wlan0_conn) && $wlan0_conn !== '--') {
+            $is_hotspot = (stripos($wlan0_conn, 'hotspot') !== false);
+            $real_status = $is_hotspot ? 'hotspot' : 'connected';
+        } else {
+            $real_status = 'disconnected';
+        }
+
+        // Update DB if out of sync
+        if (isset($result['WIFI_status']) && $result['WIFI_status'] !== $real_status) {
+            $update_stmt = $db->prepare("UPDATE config_table SET value = ? WHERE key = 'WIFI_status'");
+            $update_stmt->execute([$real_status]);
+        }
+        $result['WIFI_status'] = $real_status;
+
         // Return JSON response
         header('Content-Type: application/json');
         echo json_encode($result, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
-        
+
     } catch (PDOException $e) {
         // Return error as JSON
         header('Content-Type: application/json');