diff --git a/src/lib/components/GlobalPlayer.svelte b/src/lib/components/GlobalPlayer.svelte
index 2c9de73..9e30ae6 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/GlobalPlayer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/GlobalPlayer.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		nowPlayingLabel,
 		prev,
 		removeTrack,
+		schedulePersistNow,
 		setUiOpen,
 		setVolume,
 		toggleShuffle,
@@ -151,6 +152,11 @@
 
 	$effect(() => {
 		media.setTrack(snap.currentTrack);
+
+		// Persist queue/settings/UI state (throttled) from within a component-scoped effect
+		// to avoid orphaned module-level `$effect`.
+		schedulePersistNow();
+
 		if (!audioEl) return;
 
 		audioEl.volume = snap.volume;
diff --git a/src/lib/player/player.svelte.ts b/src/lib/player/player.svelte.ts
index d34e0fb..3b76484 100644
--- a/src/lib/player/player.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/player/player.svelte.ts
@@ -154,12 +154,19 @@ const snapshot = $derived<PlayerSnapshot>({
 	uiOpen,
 });
 
-/** Persist on changes (best effort, throttled). */
+/**
+ * Persistence
+ *
+ * NOTE: Module-level `$effect` is not allowed (it becomes an "orphaned effect").
+ * Instead, the GlobalPlayer component (or any single always-mounted component)
+ * should call `schedulePersistNow()` inside its own `$effect`.
+ */
 const schedulePersist = createPersistScheduler(250);
-$effect(() => {
+
+export function schedulePersistNow(): void {
 	if (!browser) return;
 	schedulePersist(persistableState());
-});
+}
 
 /** --- Public reads --- */