diff --git a/app/gui.py b/app/gui.py
index e6d95f8..03f102f 100644
--- a/app/gui.py
+++ b/app/gui.py
@@ -3872,6 +3872,10 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
             meta["manual"] = True
             self.details_panel.set_item(item)
             self.details_panel.set_metadata(meta)
+        # Always refresh the details panel's cover box: a cover-only scrape
+        # (no metadata backend) skips set_item above, and `rid` may fall back
+        # to a stable key when the release has no database id.
+        self.details_panel._set_cover(rid, system)
         self.cover_grid.update_item_label(item)
         self.cover_grid.refresh_item(item)