diff --git a/search-app/live-search.js b/search-app/live-search.js
index b0fe736..9eacb7d 100644
--- a/search-app/live-search.js
+++ b/search-app/live-search.js
@@ -741,4 +741,77 @@
   });
 
   console.log('[live-search] Immich live search with map view loaded');
+
+  // --- PWA auto-update detection ---
+  // The proxy bakes a version hash into window.__LS_VERSION on each HTML
+  // response. We poll /api/custom/inject-version and, if the server reports a
+  // newer hash, we nuke caches + unregister the service worker + reload so the
+  // PWA picks up the new HTML (with the new inline script).
+  (function setupAutoUpdate() {
+    const myVersion = window.__LS_VERSION;
+    if (!myVersion) return; // older HTML without version — skip
+    console.log('[live-search] version:', myVersion);
+
+    let updating = false;
+    async function forceUpdate() {
+      if (updating) return;
+      updating = true;
+      try {
+        if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+          const regs = await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations();
+          await Promise.all(regs.map(r => r.unregister().catch(() => null)));
+        }
+        if (window.caches) {
+          const keys = await caches.keys();
+          await Promise.all(keys.map(k => caches.delete(k).catch(() => null)));
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.warn('[live-search] cache clear failed', e);
+      }
+      location.reload();
+    }
+
+    function showBanner() {
+      if (document.getElementById('ls-update-banner')) return;
+      const b = document.createElement('div');
+      b.id = 'ls-update-banner';
+      b.innerHTML =
+        '<span>New version available</span>' +
+        '<button id="ls-update-btn">Refresh</button>';
+      b.style.cssText = [
+        'position:fixed', 'bottom:16px', 'left:50%',
+        'transform:translateX(-50%)', 'z-index:100000',
+        'background:#e94560', 'color:#fff', 'padding:10px 14px',
+        'border-radius:8px', 'box-shadow:0 6px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.4)',
+        'display:flex', 'gap:10px', 'align-items:center',
+        'font-size:14px', 'font-family:system-ui,sans-serif'
+      ].join(';');
+      b.querySelector('#ls-update-btn').style.cssText =
+        'background:#fff;color:#e94560;border:none;border-radius:6px;' +
+        'padding:5px 10px;font-weight:600;cursor:pointer;';
+      b.querySelector('#ls-update-btn').addEventListener('click', forceUpdate);
+      document.body.appendChild(b);
+      // Auto-apply after 8s if user ignores banner
+      setTimeout(() => { if (document.body.contains(b)) forceUpdate(); }, 8000);
+    }
+
+    async function checkVersion() {
+      try {
+        const r = await fetch('/api/custom/inject-version', { cache: 'no-store' });
+        if (!r.ok) return;
+        const { version } = await r.json();
+        if (version && version !== myVersion) {
+          console.log('[live-search] new version detected:', version);
+          showBanner();
+        }
+      } catch {}
+    }
+
+    // Check on load, on visibility change, and every 2 minutes
+    checkVersion();
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') checkVersion();
+    });
+    setInterval(checkVersion, 2 * 60 * 1000);
+  })();
 })();
diff --git a/search-app/server.js b/search-app/server.js
index d1486b6..0eb6023 100644
--- a/search-app/server.js
+++ b/search-app/server.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const http = require('http');
 const net = require('net');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 const IMMICH_URL = process.env.IMMICH_URL || 'http://immich-server:2283';
@@ -10,9 +11,17 @@ const immichParsed = new URL(IMMICH_URL);
 // Timeouts for large uploads (10 minutes)
 const UPLOAD_TIMEOUT = 10 * 60 * 1000;
 
-// Load the custom JS to inject
+// Load the custom JS to inject. Version hash lets PWAs detect stale caches.
 const customJS = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'live-search.js'), 'utf8');
-const SCRIPT_TAG = `<script>${customJS}</script>`;
+const INJECT_VERSION = crypto
+    .createHash('sha256')
+    .update(customJS)
+    .digest('hex')
+    .slice(0, 12);
+const SCRIPT_TAG =
+    `<script>window.__LS_VERSION=${JSON.stringify(INJECT_VERSION)};</script>` +
+    `<script>${customJS}</script>`;
+console.log(`Injected script version: ${INJECT_VERSION}`);
 
 // Helper: make an internal request to Immich (for small JSON requests only)
 function immichRequest(method, apiPath, headers, body) {
@@ -42,6 +51,16 @@ function immichRequest(method, apiPath, headers, body) {
 }
 
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    // --- Custom endpoint: report current injected-script version ---
+    if (req.url === '/api/custom/inject-version' && req.method === 'GET') {
+        res.writeHead(200, {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'Cache-Control': 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate'
+        });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ version: INJECT_VERSION }));
+        return;
+    }
+
     // --- Custom endpoint: batch fetch exif (needs buffered body) ---
     if (req.url === '/api/custom/batch-exif' && req.method === 'POST') {
         let bodyChunks = [];
@@ -116,6 +135,11 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
                 delete resHeaders['content-length'];
                 delete resHeaders['content-encoding'];
                 resHeaders['content-type'] = 'text/html; charset=utf-8';
+                // Prevent browser + CDN from caching our modified HTML so the
+                // inline script version check stays fresh on every navigation.
+                resHeaders['cache-control'] = 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate';
+                delete resHeaders['etag'];
+                delete resHeaders['last-modified'];
 
                 res.writeHead(proxyRes.statusCode, resHeaders);
                 res.end(html);