diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 8e58283..4a2303b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "dev.castarr.tv"
         minSdk = 26
         targetSdk = 35
-        versionCode = 34
-        versionName = "0.11.1"
+        versionCode = 35
+        versionName = "0.11.2"
     }
 
     // Release signing from environment (see ~/.keys/castarr-release.env on the
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/server/ControlServer.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/server/ControlServer.kt
index 42c2b16..4c4d99c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/server/ControlServer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/server/ControlServer.kt
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ class ControlServer(
     fun startServer() {
         // A busy port must not take the whole app down — the remote is
         // optional, everything else keeps working.
-        running = runCatching { start(NanoHTTPD.SOCKET_READ_TIMEOUT, true) }
+        // NanoHTTPD's 5 s default also applies to the long-lived WebSocket:
+        // with pings only every 8 s the socket timed out mid-session and the
+        // remote was thrown out after a few seconds. The timeout still has to
+        // exist (idle connections must not pin threads), it just has to be
+        // comfortably longer than the ping interval.
+        running = runCatching { start(SOCKET_TIMEOUT_MS, true) }
             .onFailure { Log.w(TAG, "control server unavailable: ${it.javaClass.simpleName}") }
             .isSuccess
         if (!running) return
@@ -354,6 +359,7 @@ class ControlServer(
     private companion object {
         const val TAG = "ControlServer"
         const val PING_INTERVAL_MS = 8_000L
+        const val SOCKET_TIMEOUT_MS = 40_000
         const val ATTEMPT_WINDOW_MS = 60_000L
         const val ATTEMPT_MAX = 5
         const val MAX_TRACKED_ADDRESSES = 64