diff --git a/App.tsx b/App.tsx
index 8182a8a..f8dd3cc 100644
--- a/App.tsx
+++ b/App.tsx
@@ -850,6 +850,13 @@ export default function App() {
     // picker to undo it, so it must never follow the user onto the live camera
     // (and into the capture, which burns the frame in).
     if (next === 'camera') setSelectedFrame('none');
+    // Same for the custom watermark: it was placed against THAT library photo,
+    // so it must not follow the user onto the live camera either — the mark
+    // goes back to off, and re-enabling + editing it is a deliberate choice.
+    if (next === 'camera') {
+      setCustomWm({ ...DEFAULT_CUSTOM_WM });
+      setCustomWmApplied({ ...DEFAULT_CUSTOM_WM });
+    }
     setMode(next);
   };