diff --git a/pages/index.vue b/pages/index.vue
index 7e855c6..171aaa9 100644
--- a/pages/index.vue
+++ b/pages/index.vue
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
             <button
               v-if="showWakeGpu"
               type="button"
-              class="rounded-full border px-3 py-1 text-zinc-300 hover:border-amber-300/50 hover:text-white disabled:cursor-wait disabled:opacity-80"
-              :class="gpuWaking ? 'border-amber-300/40 text-amber-100' : 'border-white/10'"
+              class="rounded-full border px-3 py-1 hover:border-amber-300/50 hover:text-white disabled:cursor-wait disabled:opacity-80"
+              :class="gpuWaking ? 'border-amber-300/40 text-amber-100' : 'border-amber-400/40 text-amber-200'"
               :disabled="gpuWaking"
               :title="gpuWakeError || (gpuWaking ? 'Starting Comfy Desktop on the GPU' : 'Poke / Wake GPU — start Comfy before generating')"
               @click="pokeGpu"
@@ -1087,6 +1087,16 @@
           >
             {{ studioMode === 'editv2' ? editV2SubmitLabel : (studioMode === 'edit' ? editSubmitLabel : generateLabel) }}
           </button>
+          <button
+            v-if="showWakeGpu"
+            type="button"
+            class="rounded-2xl border px-4 py-3 text-sm font-semibold disabled:cursor-wait disabled:opacity-80"
+            :class="gpuWaking ? 'border-amber-300/40 text-amber-100' : 'border-amber-400/40 text-amber-200 hover:border-amber-300 hover:text-amber-50'"
+            :disabled="gpuWaking"
+            @click="pokeGpu"
+          >
+            {{ gpuWaking ? 'Starting GPU…' : 'Wake GPU' }}
+          </button>
           <button
             v-if="videoBusy || editBusy"
             type="button"
@@ -1101,6 +1111,7 @@
         <p v-if="studioMode === 'video' && videoBlockReason" class="text-xs text-zinc-400">{{ videoBlockReason }}</p>
         <p v-if="studioMode === 'edit' && editBlockReason" class="text-xs text-zinc-400">{{ editBlockReason }}</p>
         <p v-if="studioMode === 'editv2' && editV2BlockReason" class="text-xs text-zinc-400">{{ editV2BlockReason }}</p>
+        <p v-if="gpuSleepHint" class="text-xs text-amber-200/80">{{ gpuSleepHint }}</p>
 
         <div v-if="studioJobs.length" class="rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950/40 p-4">
           <div class="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
@@ -2720,10 +2731,15 @@ const recommendHint = computed(() => {
   if (imageSidecarBusy.value) return 'Beast Comfy is busy — this may wait in its queue.'
   return 'Send this still and draft to Beast Qwen VL.'
 })
+const gpuSleepHint = computed(() => {
+  if (comfyOk.value || imageComfyOk.value) return ''
+  if (gpuWaking.value) return 'Starting Comfy on the GPU. Generate will wait in the job queue until it answers.'
+  if (comfyAsleep.value) return 'GPU is asleep. Generate will wake it — the first job can take a few minutes. Or click Wake GPU to pre-warm.'
+  return 'GPU is offline. Generate will try to start Comfy. Or click Wake GPU.'
+})
 const editBlocked = computed(() => {
   if (!file.value || !prompt.value.trim() || !folderId.value) return true
   if (editPassQueue.value.some(item => !item.prompt.trim())) return true
-  if (!comfyOk.value && !imageComfyOk.value && !gpuWaking.value) return true
   return false
 })
 const editBlockReason = computed(() => {
@@ -2732,7 +2748,6 @@ const editBlockReason = computed(() => {
   if (!folderId.value) return 'Choose a library folder before editing.'
   if (editPassQueue.value.some(item => !item.prompt.trim())) return 'Each extra pass needs a prompt.'
   if (!imageComfyConfigured.value && !comfyOk.value) return 'Image edit is not configured. Set COMFY_HOST.'
-  if (!comfyOk.value && !imageComfyOk.value && !gpuWaking.value) return 'Desktop GPU is offline. Click Wake GPU first.'
   return ''
 })
 const stillBHint = computed(() => {
@@ -2746,7 +2761,6 @@ const editV2Blocked = computed(() => {
   if (v2Mode.value !== 'generate' && !file.value) return true
   if (v2Mode.value === 'compose' && !editRefFile.value) return true
   if (v2Mode.value === 'refine' && !refineMaskDirty.value) return true
-  if (!comfyOk.value && !imageComfyOk.value && !gpuWaking.value) return true
   return false
 })
 const editV2BlockReason = computed(() => {
@@ -2756,7 +2770,6 @@ const editV2BlockReason = computed(() => {
   if (!prompt.value.trim()) return 'Write a prompt first.'
   if (!folderId.value) return 'Choose a library folder before generating.'
   if (!imageComfyConfigured.value && !comfyOk.value) return 'Image v2 is not configured. Set COMFY_HOST.'
-  if (!comfyOk.value && !imageComfyOk.value && !gpuWaking.value) return 'Desktop GPU is offline. Click Wake GPU first.'
   return ''
 })
 const editV2SubmitLabel = computed(() => {