diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index 8cc8513..c072e34 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -29,10 +29,22 @@ void app_main(void)
         ESP_LOGW(TAG, "RFID unavailable (%s) - continuing without card scanning", esp_err_to_name(ret));
     }
 
-    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(wifi_manager_init());
-    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(wifi_manager_start());
-    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(scryfall_client_start());
-    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(web_server_start());
+    /* Networking is not fatal either: without it the device runs offline
+     * (cached cards + AP pairing). Init failures are logged, boot continues. */
+    ret = wifi_manager_init();
+    if (ret != ESP_OK) {
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "wifi init failed (%s) - continuing offline", esp_err_to_name(ret));
+    } else {
+        if (wifi_manager_start() != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGW(TAG, "wifi start failed - continuing offline");
+        }
+        if (scryfall_client_start() != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGW(TAG, "scryfall client start failed");
+        }
+    }
+    if (web_server_start() != ESP_OK) {
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "web server start failed - continuing without AP");
+    }
 
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(ui_task_start());
 
diff --git a/partitions.csv b/partitions.csv
index f5a9f91..d4aa813 100644
--- a/partitions.csv
+++ b/partitions.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Name, Type, SubType, Offset, Size
-# 2MB factory (app) partition + 1.5MB LittleFS data partition on 4MB flash
+# 4MB ESP32 flash layout:
+#   nvs       24KB 0x9000  - NVS settings (required by esp_wifi / http / storage)
+#   phy_init  4KB  0xF000  - PHY init data (optional reserved)
+#   factory   2MB app      - firmware
+#   storage   ~1.9MB littlefs - card database (/spiffs)
+nvs, data, nvs, 0x9000, 0x6000
+phy_init, data, phy, 0xf000, 0x1000
 factory, app, factory, 0x10000, 0x200000
 storage, data, littlefs, 0x210000, 0x1F0000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdkconfig b/sdkconfig
index 263a4ab..51d40e2 100644
--- a/sdkconfig
+++ b/sdkconfig
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_ISSI_CHIP=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_MXIC_CHIP=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_GD_CHIP=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_WINBOND_CHIP=y
-# CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_BOYA_CHIP is not set
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_BOYA_CHIP=y
 # CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_TH_CHIP is not set
 # end of Auto-detect flash chips
 
diff --git a/sdkconfig.defaults b/sdkconfig.defaults
index b03d2a7..26238af 100644
--- a/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_FREERTOS_SMP=y
 CONFIG_JD_USE_ROM=n
 CONFIG_JD_SZBUF=512
 CONFIG_JD_FORMAT_RGB565=y
-CONFIG_JD_FASTDECODE_32BIT=y
\ No newline at end of file
+CONFIG_JD_FASTDECODE_32BIT=y
+
+# Some ESP32 boards ship a Boya flash chip; use the optimized driver
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT_BOYA_CHIP=y
\ No newline at end of file