diff --git a/frontend/js/main.js b/frontend/js/main.js
index fe42db0..c49c2e2 100644
--- a/frontend/js/main.js
+++ b/frontend/js/main.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async function init() {
 
     const result = await window.__TAURI__.core.invoke("import_seed_products");
     if (unlisten) unlisten();
-  } catch (e) { console.error("[SEED]", e); document.getElementById("boot-label").textContent = "Seed: " + e; }
+  } catch (e) { console.error("[SEED]", e); alert("Seed error: " + e); }
 
   // Apply safe area insets (Android status bar / nav bar)
   try {
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index fcf42e9..6f4ae0f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ fn import_seed_products(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<String, String> {
     }
 
     // Dedup ALWAYS runs (even if seed version matches) — fixes legacy duplicates.
-    // Fast: <0.2s with index. No-op if no dupes exist.
+    // Disable FK checks during dedup (refs reassigned before delete, but rusqlite enforces FK by default)
+    let _ = main_db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF", []);
+
     let _ = main_db.execute(
         "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_products_name_lower ON products(name_lower)", []);
 
@@ -178,6 +180,8 @@ fn import_seed_products(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<String, String> {
            ON products(name_lower, source, COALESCE(store_id, ''))
            WHERE name_lower IS NOT NULL", []);
 
+    let _ = main_db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON", []);
+
     // Check seed version — skip import if already up to date
     let current_version: i64 = main_db.query_row(
         "SELECT COALESCE((SELECT value FROM profile WHERE key='seed_version'), '0')",