diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt
index 5d8f2cd..db62e9a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ class AppState(
      */
     var welcomeCodeRenewed by mutableStateOf(false)
 
+    /**
+     * The identity provider's confirmation link, complete with the code.
+     * Shown as a QR while the login is pending: scanning it beats typing
+     * nine digits against a code that lives a minute.
+     */
+    var welcomeLoginUrl by mutableStateOf("")
+
     /** Plain-language fullscreen error state (issue #13). */
     var appError by mutableStateOf(AppError.NONE)
 
@@ -410,6 +417,7 @@ class AppState(
         welcomePhase = WelcomePhase.WAIT_PHONE
         welcomeUserCode = ""
         welcomeCodeRenewed = false
+        welcomeLoginUrl = ""
         screen = Screen.WELCOME
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/MainActivity.kt
index d51388b..8139874 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/MainActivity.kt
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity(), ControlServer.Listener {
                 repeat(LOGIN_CODE_ROUNDS) { round ->
                     val session = state.auth.startDeviceFlow()
                     state.welcomeUserCode = session.userCode
+                    state.welcomeLoginUrl = session.verificationUriComplete
                     state.welcomeCodeRenewed = round > 0
                     state.welcomePhase = AppState.WelcomePhase.WAIT_LOGIN
                     server.broadcastLoginLink(session.verificationUriComplete, session.userCode)
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity(), ControlServer.Listener {
                 server.broadcastToast("Anmeldung abgebrochen — bitte erneut versuchen")
                 state.welcomePhase = AppState.WelcomePhase.WAIT_PHONE
                 state.welcomeUserCode = ""
+                state.welcomeLoginUrl = ""
                 state.welcomeCodeRenewed = false
             } catch (e: Exception) {
                 android.util.Log.w("Onboarding", "configure failed: ${e.javaClass.simpleName}")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/WelcomeScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/WelcomeScreen.kt
index c2b7ed5..c46012f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/WelcomeScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/WelcomeScreen.kt
@@ -88,21 +88,40 @@ fun WelcomeScreen(state: AppState) {
                             .background(Color(0xFFFBFCFD))
                             .padding(18.dp),
                     ) {
-                        val qr = remember(address) {
+                        // While the login is pending the QR points at the
+                        // identity provider's confirmation page instead of at
+                        // this TV: scanning it beats typing nine digits
+                        // against a code that lives a minute.
+                        val target = state.welcomeLoginUrl.ifEmpty {
+                            Pairing.pairingUrl(context, address)
+                        }
+                        val qr = remember(address, target) {
                             Qr.encode(
-                                Pairing.pairingUrl(context, address),
+                                target,
                                 520,
                                 android.graphics.Color.parseColor("#101216"),
                             )
                         }
-                        Image(qr.asImageBitmap(), contentDescription = "Einrichtungs-QR", modifier = Modifier.size(230.dp))
+                        Image(
+                            qr.asImageBitmap(),
+                            contentDescription = if (state.welcomeLoginUrl.isEmpty()) {
+                                "Einrichtungs-QR"
+                            } else {
+                                "Anmelde-QR"
+                            },
+                            modifier = Modifier.size(230.dp),
+                        )
                     }
                     Spacer(Modifier.height(12.dp))
                     Text(
                         // Both fallbacks in one line: the address for a phone
                         // whose camera will not scan, and the code the remote
                         // asks for when the QR was not what opened it.
-                        "${Pairing.remoteUrl(address)}  ·  Code ${Pairing.code(context)}",
+                        if (state.welcomeLoginUrl.isEmpty()) {
+                            "${Pairing.remoteUrl(address)}  ·  Code ${Pairing.code(context)}"
+                        } else {
+                            "Scannen und bestätigen — oder Code ${state.welcomeUserCode} eingeben"
+                        },
                         color = CastarrColors.faint, fontFamily = AppFont, fontSize = 13.sp,
                     )
                 }