diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue
index 084ee11..422eb99 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue
@@ -582,6 +582,17 @@ function toggleProfileWorkDay(day: string) {
   profile.value.work_schedule = { ...profile.value.work_schedule, days }
 }
 
+async function onToggleCloseout(enabled: boolean) {
+  journalConfig.value.closeout_enabled = enabled
+  try {
+    await saveJournalConfig(journalConfig.value)
+    toastStore.show(enabled ? 'Nightly closeout enabled' : 'Nightly closeout disabled')
+  } catch {
+    journalConfig.value.closeout_enabled = !enabled  // revert UI on failure
+    toastStore.show('Failed to update closeout setting', 'error')
+  }
+}
+
 async function runConsolidate() {
   consolidating.value = true
   try {
@@ -600,6 +611,7 @@ const journalConfig = ref<JournalConfig>({
   prep_hour: 5,
   prep_minute: 0,
   day_rollover_hour: 4,
+  closeout_enabled: true,
   locations: { home: { label: 'Home', address: '' }, work: { label: 'Work', address: '' } },
   temp_unit: 'C',
 })
@@ -620,6 +632,7 @@ async function loadJournalConfig() {
       prep_hour: cfg.prep_hour ?? 5,
       prep_minute: cfg.prep_minute ?? 0,
       day_rollover_hour: cfg.day_rollover_hour ?? 4,
+      closeout_enabled: cfg.closeout_enabled ?? true,
       morning_end_hour: cfg.morning_end_hour,
       midday_end_hour: cfg.midday_end_hour,
       locations: {
@@ -1901,6 +1914,19 @@ function formatUserDate(iso: string): string {
           The assistant observes patterns from your journal and chat conversations and builds a summary over time. The summary is included in the journal's system prompt so the daily prep can reference what it knows about you.
           <span v-if="profile.observations_count > 0"> {{ profile.observations_count }} raw observation{{ profile.observations_count !== 1 ? 's' : '' }} stored.</span>
         </p>
+
+        <label class="toggle-row" style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:0.6rem;margin:0.5rem 0 0.75rem">
+          <input
+            type="checkbox"
+            :checked="journalConfig.closeout_enabled !== false"
+            @change="onToggleCloseout(($event.target as HTMLInputElement).checked)"
+          />
+          <span>
+            <strong>Nightly closeout</strong>
+            <small style="display:block;color:var(--color-text-muted)">Extracts patterns from yesterday's journal at your day-rollover hour.</small>
+          </span>
+        </label>
+
         <div v-if="profile.learned_summary" class="learned-summary">{{ profile.learned_summary }}</div>
         <div v-else class="learned-empty">No learned summary yet. Observations accumulate from journal and chat conversations.</div>
         <div class="actions" style="gap:0.5rem;flex-wrap:wrap">