diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/OutputPickerController.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/OutputPickerController.kt
index e322dd0f..bef9838b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/OutputPickerController.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/OutputPickerController.kt
@@ -429,7 +429,10 @@ class OutputPickerController @Inject constructor(
      */
     private fun handleRemoteDrop() {
         val capturedPositionMs = remoteState.positionMs
-        val wasPlayingRemote = remoteState.isPlaying
+        // Resume on the operator's last play-intent, not the observed remote
+        // state: after a pause, isPlaying is false, but a failed play() that
+        // triggered this drop means the operator DID ask to play -- honor it.
+        val wasPlayingRemote = remoteState.lastPlayIntent
         activeUpnpHolder.set(null)
         activeUpnpHolder.setTarget(null)
         selectedUpnpRouteIdInternal.value = null
@@ -552,6 +555,9 @@ class OutputPickerController @Inject constructor(
                     rendering = rendering,
                 ),
             )
+            // Selecting a route loads the queue and Plays on the renderer, so
+            // the standing intent is "play" -- a later drop should resume local.
+            remoteState.setPlayIntent(true)
         }.onFailure { e ->
             Timber.w(e, "UPnP select failed for route ${effectiveRoute.id}")
             activeUpnpHolder.set(null)