diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css
index 9d3a630..15fe7a2 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css
@@ -1570,7 +1570,8 @@ body.setup-wizard-open .custom-select-popup { z-index: 10001; }
    It cannot borrow .setup-app-card's look, because that class carries no
    layout of its own — it is a bare wrapper elsewhere, and a <button> with no
    layout collapses to a single cramped line. So this owns its geometry. */
-button.setup-found-backup {
+button.setup-found-backup,
+.setup-found-backup {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 10px;
@@ -1586,8 +1587,8 @@ button.setup-found-backup {
   background: rgba(var(--text-rgb), 0.05);
   transition: border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease, transform 0.08s ease;
 }
-button.setup-found-backup .setup-app-name { font-weight: 600; }
-button.setup-found-backup .setup-app-desc {
+.setup-found-backup .setup-app-name { font-weight: 600; }
+.setup-found-backup .setup-app-desc {
   margin-left: auto;
   font-size: 0.85em;
   opacity: 0.72;
@@ -1603,6 +1604,15 @@ button.setup-found-backup:focus-visible {
   outline-offset: 2px;
 }
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
-  button.setup-found-backup { flex-wrap: wrap; }
-  button.setup-found-backup .setup-app-desc { margin-left: 0; width: 100%; }
+  .setup-found-backup { flex-wrap: wrap; }
+  .setup-found-backup .setup-app-desc { margin-left: 0; width: 100%; }
+}
+
+/* The confirmed repository: the same card as a pickable one, but it is not a
+   choice any more — no hover, no pointer, and a quiet accent edge so it reads
+   as settled rather than waiting to be clicked. */
+.setup-found-chosen {
+  cursor: default;
+  border-color: rgba(79, 195, 247, 0.42);
+  background: rgba(79, 195, 247, 0.07);
 }
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js
index 36e2363..027ef32 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js
@@ -1114,6 +1114,24 @@ class SetupWizard {
     this.renderFoundBackups();
   }
 
+  // One repository, rendered. Used both for the list of what was found and for
+  // the answer to Check: it is the same fact either way, and it should not look
+  // like two different things depending on how it was arrived at.
+  //
+  // `tag` says which of the two it is, so a button is only a button when
+  // there is actually something to choose.
+  _backupCard(f, tag) {
+    const badge = `${f.snapshots} snapshot${f.snapshots === 1 ? '' : 's'}`;
+    const when = f.newest ? `newest ${this._restoreWhen(f.newest)}` : '';
+    const body = `
+      <span class="setup-app-name">${this.escapeHtml(f.path)}</span>
+      <span class="setup-storage-badge setup-storage-badge-ok">${badge}</span>
+      <span class="setup-app-desc">${when}</span>`;
+    return tag === 'pick'
+      ? `<button type="button" class="setup-app-card setup-found-backup" data-found="${f._i}">${body}</button>`
+      : `<div class="setup-app-card setup-found-backup setup-found-chosen">${body}</div>`;
+  }
+
   renderFoundBackups() {
     const box = this.container.querySelector('#sw-rs-found');
     if (!box) return;
@@ -1138,12 +1156,7 @@ class SetupWizard {
 
     box.innerHTML =
       `<p class="setup-section-hint">Backups found on this machine \u2014 pick one:</p>` +
-      found.map((f, i) => `
-        <button type="button" class="setup-app-card setup-found-backup" data-found="${i}">
-          <span class="setup-app-name">${this.escapeHtml(f.path)}</span>
-          <span class="setup-storage-badge setup-storage-badge-ok">${f.snapshots} snapshot${f.snapshots === 1 ? '' : 's'}</span>
-          <span class="setup-app-desc">${f.newest ? 'newest ' + this._restoreWhen(f.newest) : ''}</span>
-        </button>`).join('');
+      found.map((f, i) => this._backupCard(Object.assign({ _i: i }, f), 'pick')).join('');
 
     this._adoptSingleResult();
 
@@ -1219,10 +1232,8 @@ class SetupWizard {
     const box = this.container.querySelector('#sw-rs-verify-result');
     if (!box) return;
     if (d && d.repo) {
-      box.innerHTML = `<p class="setup-rs-ok">Backup found \u2014
-        <strong>${d.snapshots} snapshot${d.snapshots === 1 ? '' : 's'}</strong>${
-          d.newest ? `, newest ${this._restoreWhen(d.newest)}` : ''}.
-        Enter its password to see what is inside.</p>`;
+      box.innerHTML = this._backupCard(d, 'chosen') +
+        `<p class="setup-section-hint">Enter its password below to see what is inside.</p>`;
       return;
     }
     // A suggestion means they pointed at the folder holding the repositories
diff --git a/scripts/dev/lp-restore-wizard-test b/scripts/dev/lp-restore-wizard-test
index f5d21bf..21644e4 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/lp-restore-wizard-test
+++ b/scripts/dev/lp-restore-wizard-test
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ read -r -d '' DRIVE <<'JS'
   w.renderFoundBackups();
   out.singlePrefillsThePath = ($('#sw-rs-path') || {}).value === '/only/one';
   out.singleShowsItsVerdict = /4 snapshots/.test(($('#sw-rs-verify-result') || {}).textContent || '');
+  // Rendered as the same CARD the found list uses, not as a sentence. It is
+  // the same fact either way and should not look like two different things
+  // depending on how it was arrived at.
+  const chosen = $('#sw-rs-verify-result .setup-found-backup');
+  out.singleRendersAsACard = !!chosen;
+  out.singleCardCarriesTheBadge = !!(chosen && chosen.querySelector('.setup-storage-badge'));
+  // Not a button: there is nothing left to choose, and a card that looks
+  // clickable but is not is worse than one that does not.
+  out.singleCardIsNotClickable = !!chosen && chosen.tagName !== 'BUTTON';
   // The card and the verdict would otherwise say the same thing twice.
   out.singleDrawsNoDuplicateCard = $('#sw-rs-found .setup-found-backup') === null;
   // Pressing Check must confirm, not reply "give a full path" about the backup
@@ -306,6 +315,9 @@ chk "so does the verdict"             "$(g .verdictInsideTheGroup)"     true
 echo "  one result is the answer, not a choice"
 chk "it fills the path in"            "$(g .singlePrefillsThePath)"     true
 chk "and shows its verdict"           "$(g .singleShowsItsVerdict)"     true
+chk "as a card, not a sentence"       "$(g .singleRendersAsACard)"      true
+chk "carrying the snapshot badge"     "$(g .singleCardCarriesTheBadge)" true
+chk "and not looking clickable"       "$(g .singleCardIsNotClickable)"  true
 chk "without a duplicate card"        "$(g .singleDrawsNoDuplicateCard)" true
 chk "Check confirms, not scolds"      "$(g .singleCheckDoesNotScold)"   true