diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index d755085..0f833c2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -498,7 +498,10 @@ export default function App() {
   // Otherwise fetch the configured live view key and build /view?key=...&design=<id>.
   const handleViewOnly = useCallback(async () => {
     if (STANDALONE) {
-      window.open('/view', '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer')
+      // Standalone reads canvas from localStorage; pass the active design id so
+      // the read-only tab renders the same canvas the user is viewing.
+      const url = activeDesignId ? `/view?design=${encodeURIComponent(activeDesignId)}` : '/view'
+      window.open(url, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer')
       return
     }
     try {
@@ -933,9 +936,9 @@ export default function App() {
           onCancel={() => setPendingContainerAdd(null)}
         />
 
-        {!STANDALONE && (
-          <SettingsModal open={settingsOpen} onClose={() => setSettingsOpen(false)} />
-        )}
+        {/* Mounted in standalone too: status-check settings are hidden inside,
+            but canvas prefs (snap, hide-IP) still apply. */}
+        <SettingsModal open={settingsOpen} onClose={() => setSettingsOpen(false)} />
 
         <PendingDevicesModal
           open={pendingModalOpen}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/LiveView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/LiveView.tsx
index 5533725..d74fc0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/LiveView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/LiveView.tsx
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ import { edgeTypes } from '@/components/canvas/edges/edgeTypes'
 import { deserializeApiNode, deserializeApiEdge, type ApiNode, type ApiEdge } from '@/utils/canvasSerializer'
 import { computeCollapseInfo, rewireEdgesForCollapse } from '@/utils/collapseFilter'
 import { liveviewApi } from '@/api/client'
+import * as standaloneStorage from '@/utils/standaloneStorage'
 import type { NodeData, CustomStyleDef } from '@/types'
 
 const STANDALONE = import.meta.env.VITE_STANDALONE === 'true'
-const STORAGE_KEY = 'homelable_canvas'
 
 type ViewState = 'loading' | 'disabled' | 'invalid-key' | 'no-key' | 'network-error' | 'ready'
 
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ function LiveViewCanvas() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (STANDALONE) {
-      try {
-        const saved = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY)
-        if (saved) {
-          const { nodes: savedNodes, edges: savedEdges } = JSON.parse(saved)
-          loadCanvas(savedNodes, savedEdges)
-        }
-      } catch {
-        // empty canvas on parse error — show empty canvas
+      // ?design=<id> selects which canvas to render; fall back to the first
+      // design when omitted. Standalone stores full React Flow nodes/edges, so
+      // no API deserialization is needed.
+      const designId = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('design')
+        ?? standaloneStorage.listDesigns()[0]?.id
+      const saved = designId ? standaloneStorage.loadCanvas(designId) : null
+      if (saved) {
+        if (saved.theme_id) setTheme(saved.theme_id)
+        if (saved.custom_style) setCustomStyle(saved.custom_style)
+        loadCanvas(saved.nodes, saved.edges)
       }
       return
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveView.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveView.test.tsx
index 8a8bd4f..f230501 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveView.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveView.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
 import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { useCanvasStore } from '@/stores/canvasStore'
 import { useThemeStore } from '@/stores/themeStore'
+import * as standaloneStorage from '@/utils/standaloneStorage'
 
 // ── Mock heavy dependencies ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -213,9 +214,13 @@ describe('LiveView (non-standalone)', () => {
 
 // ── Standalone mode ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+// Captures props from the re-imported (resetModules) ReactFlow so standalone
+// tests can assert which nodes were rendered without reaching into the fresh
+// canvas-store module instance.
+let standaloneRfProps: Record<string, unknown> = {}
 const XYFLOW_MOCK = {
   ReactFlowProvider: ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => <>{children}</>,
-  ReactFlow: () => <div data-testid="react-flow" />,
+  ReactFlow: (props: Record<string, unknown>) => { standaloneRfProps = props; return <div data-testid="react-flow" /> },
   Background: () => null,
   Controls: () => null,
   BackgroundVariant: { Dots: 'dots' },
@@ -235,16 +240,45 @@ describe('LiveView (standalone — localStorage)', () => {
     vi.unstubAllEnvs()
   })
 
-  it('loads canvas from localStorage without calling the API', async () => {
-    const stored = {
+  it('loads the active design canvas from localStorage without calling the API', async () => {
+    const design = standaloneStorage.createDesign('Main')
+    standaloneStorage.saveCanvas(design.id, {
       nodes: [{
         id: 'ls-node', type: 'router',
         position: { x: 10, y: 20 },
         data: { label: 'Router', type: 'router', status: 'unknown', services: [] },
       }],
       edges: [],
-    }
-    localStorage.setItem('homelable_canvas', JSON.stringify(stored))
+    })
+
+    vi.stubEnv('VITE_STANDALONE', 'true')
+    vi.resetModules()
+    const mockLoad = vi.fn()
+    vi.doMock('@xyflow/react', () => XYFLOW_MOCK)
+    vi.doMock('@xyflow/react/dist/style.css', () => ({}))
+    vi.doMock('@/api/client', () => ({ liveviewApi: { load: mockLoad } }))
+    const { default: LiveViewStandalone } = await import('../LiveView')
+
+    setSearch(`?design=${design.id}`)
+    render(<LiveViewStandalone />)
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('react-flow')).toBeDefined()
+    })
+    expect((standaloneRfProps.nodes as { id: string }[]).map((n) => n.id)).toContain('ls-node')
+    expect(mockLoad).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the first design when no ?design= param is given', async () => {
+    const design = standaloneStorage.createDesign('Only')
+    standaloneStorage.saveCanvas(design.id, {
+      nodes: [{
+        id: 'fb-node', type: 'server',
+        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+        data: { label: 'Srv', type: 'server', status: 'unknown', services: [] },
+      }],
+      edges: [],
+    })
 
     vi.stubEnv('VITE_STANDALONE', 'true')
     vi.resetModules()
@@ -260,6 +294,7 @@ describe('LiveView (standalone — localStorage)', () => {
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(screen.getByTestId('react-flow')).toBeDefined()
     })
+    expect((standaloneRfProps.nodes as { id: string }[]).map((n) => n.id)).toContain('fb-node')
     expect(mockLoad).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })