diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 941459a..bb7044d 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -3750,26 +3750,32 @@ async function runLiveStatusBatchPoll(): Promise<void> {
         const logins = ((config.streamers as string[]) || [])
             .map((s) => normalizeLogin(s))
             .filter((s): s is string => Boolean(s));
-        if (logins.length === 0) return;
 
-        const fresh = await fetchLiveStatusBatch(logins);
         const changes: Array<{ login: string; isLive: boolean }> = [];
-        const seen = new Set(fresh.keys());
-        for (const [login, isLive] of fresh.entries()) {
-            const prev = liveStatusByLogin.get(login);
-            if (prev !== isLive) changes.push({ login, isLive });
-            liveStatusByLogin.set(login, isLive);
-        }
-        // Streamers that vanished from the watch list (or that GQL didn't
-        // return for) get evicted so a removed streamer doesn't leave a
-        // ghost-live dot behind.
+        const watchedSet = new Set(logins);
+
+        // Always run the eviction pass FIRST — entries left over from a
+        // streamer that's no longer in the watch list must go regardless
+        // of whether we're about to fetch fresh data. Previously this
+        // ran inside the fetch branch only, so removing the last
+        // streamer left ghost entries in liveStatusByLogin until the
+        // next add.
         for (const oldLogin of Array.from(liveStatusByLogin.keys())) {
-            if (!seen.has(oldLogin)) {
+            if (!watchedSet.has(oldLogin)) {
                 liveStatusByLogin.delete(oldLogin);
                 changes.push({ login: oldLogin, isLive: false });
             }
         }
 
+        if (logins.length > 0) {
+            const fresh = await fetchLiveStatusBatch(logins);
+            for (const [login, isLive] of fresh.entries()) {
+                const prev = liveStatusByLogin.get(login);
+                if (prev !== isLive) changes.push({ login, isLive });
+                liveStatusByLogin.set(login, isLive);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (mainWindow && changes.length > 0) {
             // Renderer only consumes `changes` — initial state comes via
             // the get-live-status-snapshot IPC at boot. Don't ship the