diff --git a/app/ui/features/menus/index.js b/app/ui/features/menus/index.js
index 9f1431d5..f1f5d5be 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/menus/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/menus/index.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export default {
       add: () => { const sc = p.edit((pr) => edits.addScene(pr)); if (sc) p.select(sc.id); },
       del: () => sel.ids.forEach((id) => p.edit((pr) => edits.removeScene(pr, id))),
       left: () => move(-1), right: () => move(1),
+      refresh: () => app.say("preview.refresh"),
       reset: () => app.resetLayout(),
       welcome: () => app.say("welcome.open"),
       exclude: () => { const sc = p.selected; if (sc) p.setScene(sc.id, "excluded", !sc.excluded); },
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export default {
         { id: "add", label: "Add Scene", disabled: !p.project }, { id: "del", label: "Delete Scene", disabled: !sel.ids.length }, { separator: true },
         { id: "left", label: "Move Clip Left", hint: "timeline cut", disabled: !sel.focus }, { id: "right", label: "Move Clip Right", hint: "timeline cut", disabled: !sel.focus }, { separator: true },
         { id: "exclude", label: "Toggle Exclude", disabled: !sel.focus }],
-      View: () => [soon("Refresh Preview", ""), { id: "reset", label: "Reset Layout" }],
+      View: () => [{ id: "refresh", label: "Refresh Preview" }, { id: "reset", label: "Reset Layout" }],
       Help: () => [soon("Restart tour", ""), soon("Skip to FAQ", ""), soon("Exit tour", ""), { separator: true }, { id: "welcome", label: "Welcome tour…" }],
     };
     const pick = (id) => (id.startsWith("open:") ? p.open(id.slice(5)) : actions[id] && actions[id]());
diff --git a/app/ui/features/preview/index.js b/app/ui/features/preview/index.js
index 37106b50..2d0abe59 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/preview/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/preview/index.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export default {
       else if (what === "play.toggle") (playing ? pause() : start());
       else if (what === "play.start") start();
       else if (what === "play.pause") pause();
+      else if (what === "preview.refresh") { shown = ""; sync(); }       // show the clip again from its file
       else if (what === "open") { pause(); head.set(0); }          // another project: nothing carries over
       else sync();
     })];
diff --git a/app/ui/features/welcome/index.js b/app/ui/features/welcome/index.js
index a4adf996..7cf22e55 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/welcome/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/welcome/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // The welcome screen: shown the first time this browser opens the app, and from Help ▸ Welcome tour.
 import { composer as c } from "../../composer/composer.js";
+import { list } from "../../shell/project.js";
 
 const SEEN = "funpack_welcomed";
 const card = (title, hint, onClick) => c.field.default({ label: title, hint, control: c.button.sm({ label: title, tone: "ghost", onClick }) });
@@ -12,6 +13,13 @@ export default {
     let win = null;
     const seen = () => { try { return localStorage.getItem(SEEN) === "1"; } catch { return true; } };
     const markSeen = () => { try { localStorage.setItem(SEEN, "1"); } catch { /* private window */ } };
+    const load = async () => {
+      let all; try { all = await list(); } catch (err) { return c.toast.warn({ text: err.message }); }
+      if (!all.length) return c.toast.warn({ text: "There are no saved projects yet." });
+      const id = await c.modal.choice({ title: "Load a project", items: all.map((r) => ({ id: r.id, label: r.name })) }).result;
+      if (!id) return;
+      try { await app.project.open(id); markSeen(); if (win) win.close("done"); } catch (err) { c.toast.warn({ text: err.message }); }
+    };
     const open = () => {
       if (win) return;
       const recent = app.project.project;
@@ -22,7 +30,7 @@ export default {
           c.hint.default({ text: "Multi-scene video on a real timeline." }),
           c.button.lg({ label: "Begin", tone: "primary", onClick: done }),
           ...(recent ? [c.button.sm({ label: `Continue with “${recent.name}”`, tone: "ghost", onClick: done })] : []),
-          c.button.sm({ label: "Load an existing project", tone: "ghost", disabled: true }),
+          c.button.sm({ label: "Load an existing project", tone: "ghost", onClick: load }),
           c.toolbar.default({ items: [card("Update", "Check this install for a newer version", () => app.maintenance.update()), card("Switch branch", "Pick another branch", () => app.maintenance.switchBranch()),
             card("Restart ComfyUI", "Reload the server without updating", () => app.maintenance.restart()), card("Rollback update", "Undo the last update", () => app.maintenance.rollback())] }),
         ] }),