diff --git a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt
index 718c7bd83..13186d23f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
         private const val RN_PENDING_METADATA_KEY = "rnPendingMetadata"
         private const val RN_PENDING_TRANSFERS_KEY = "rnPendingTransfers"
         private const val RN_PENDING_BOOSTS_KEY = "rnPendingBoosts"
+        private const val RN_CHANNEL_RECOVERY_CHECKED_KEY = "rnChannelRecoveryChecked"
         private const val RN_DID_ATTEMPT_PEER_RECOVERY_KEY = "rnDidAttemptMigrationPeerRecovery"
         private const val OPENING_CURLY_BRACE = "{"
         private const val MMKV_ROOT = "persist:root"
@@ -351,6 +352,16 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
         rnMigrationStore.edit { it[key] = "true" }
     }
 
+    suspend fun isChannelRecoveryChecked(): Boolean {
+        val key = stringPreferencesKey(RN_CHANNEL_RECOVERY_CHECKED_KEY)
+        return rnMigrationStore.data.first()[key] == "true"
+    }
+
+    suspend fun markChannelRecoveryChecked() {
+        val key = stringPreferencesKey(RN_CHANNEL_RECOVERY_CHECKED_KEY)
+        rnMigrationStore.edit { it[key] = "true" }
+    }
+
     suspend fun hasRNWalletData(): Boolean {
         val mnemonic = loadStringFromRNKeychain(RNKeychainKey.MNEMONIC)
         if (mnemonic?.isNotEmpty() == true) return true
@@ -1320,13 +1331,13 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
         return null
     }
 
-    private suspend fun fetchRNRemoteLdkData() {
-        runCatching {
-            val files = rnBackupClient.listFiles(fileGroup = "ldk") ?: return@runCatching
-            if (!files.list.any { it.removeSuffix(".bin") == "channel_manager" }) return@runCatching
+    suspend fun fetchRNRemoteLdkData(): Boolean {
+        return runCatching {
+            val files = rnBackupClient.listFiles(fileGroup = "ldk") ?: return@runCatching true
+            if (!files.list.any { it.removeSuffix(".bin") == "channel_manager" }) return@runCatching true
 
             val managerData = rnBackupClient.retrieve("channel_manager", fileGroup = "ldk")
-                ?: return@runCatching
+                ?: return@runCatching true
 
             val expectedCount = files.channelMonitors.size
             val monitorResults = coroutineScope {
@@ -1363,9 +1374,11 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
                     channelMonitors = monitors,
                 )
             }
+
+            failedMonitors.isEmpty()
         }.onFailure { e ->
             Logger.error("Failed to fetch remote LDK data", e, context = TAG)
-        }
+        }.getOrDefault(false)
     }
 
     private suspend fun applyRNRemoteSettings(data: ByteArray) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt
index 4e38e5ddd..ba72b96e9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class WalletViewModel @Inject constructor(
     companion object {
         private const val TAG = "WalletViewModel"
         private val TIMEOUT_RESTORE_WAIT = 30.seconds
+        private const val CHANNEL_RECOVERY_RESTART_DELAY_MS = 500L
     }
 
     val lightningState = lightningRepo.lightningState
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ class WalletViewModel @Inject constructor(
                 if (_restoreState.value.isIdle()) {
                     walletRepo.refreshBip21()
                 }
+                checkForOrphanedChannelMonitorRecovery()
             }
             .onFailure {
                 Logger.error("Node startup error", it, context = TAG)
@@ -318,6 +320,50 @@ class WalletViewModel @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private suspend fun checkForOrphanedChannelMonitorRecovery() {
+        if (migrationService.isChannelRecoveryChecked()) return
+
+        Logger.info("Running one-time channel monitor recovery check", context = TAG)
+
+        val allMonitorsRetrieved = runCatching {
+            val allRetrieved = migrationService.fetchRNRemoteLdkData()
+            val channelMigration = buildChannelMigrationIfAvailable()
+
+            if (channelMigration == null) {
+                Logger.info("No channel monitors found on RN backup", context = TAG)
+                return@runCatching allRetrieved
+            }
+
+            Logger.info(
+                "Found ${channelMigration.channelMonitors.size} monitors on RN backup, attempting recovery",
+                context = TAG,
+            )
+
+            lightningRepo.stop().onFailure {
+                Logger.error("Failed to stop node for channel recovery", it, context = TAG)
+            }
+            delay(CHANNEL_RECOVERY_RESTART_DELAY_MS)
+            lightningRepo.start(channelMigration = channelMigration, shouldRetry = false)
+                .onSuccess {
+                    migrationService.consumePendingChannelMigration()
+                    walletRepo.syncNodeAndWallet()
+                    walletRepo.syncBalances()
+                    Logger.info("Channel monitor recovery complete", context = TAG)
+                }
+                .onFailure {
+                    Logger.error("Failed to restart node after channel recovery", it, context = TAG)
+                }
+
+            allRetrieved
+        }.getOrDefault(false)
+
+        if (allMonitorsRetrieved) {
+            migrationService.markChannelRecoveryChecked()
+        } else {
+            Logger.warn("Some monitors failed to download, will retry on next startup", context = TAG)
+        }
+    }
+
     fun stop() {
         if (!walletExists) return
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/to/bitkit/ui/WalletViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/to/bitkit/ui/WalletViewModelTest.kt
index 817350c9c..01f0af3cc 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/to/bitkit/ui/WalletViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/to/bitkit/ui/WalletViewModelTest.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class WalletViewModelTest : BaseUnitTest() {
         whenever(walletRepo.walletState).thenReturn(walletState)
         whenever(lightningRepo.lightningState).thenReturn(lightningState)
         whenever(migrationService.isMigrationChecked()).thenReturn(true)
+        whenever(migrationService.isChannelRecoveryChecked()).thenReturn(true)
         whenever(migrationService.tryFetchMigrationPeersFromBackup()).thenReturn(emptyList())
         whenever(connectivityRepo.isOnline).thenReturn(isOnline)