diff --git a/apps/behandel/src/app/werkbak/werkbak-page.ts b/apps/behandel/src/app/werkbak/werkbak-page.ts
index 5c0ba4a..f73ddb1 100644
--- a/apps/behandel/src/app/werkbak/werkbak-page.ts
+++ b/apps/behandel/src/app/werkbak/werkbak-page.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export class WerkbakPage {
         this.items.set(rows);
         this.loading.set(false);
         this.loaded.set(true);
+        // A read that came back is the answer, so a refresh also clears an earlier failure — the
+        // werkbak recovers on its own instead of showing the error until someone reloads.
+        this.failed.set(false);
       },
       // Surface the failure (e.g. 403 for a non-behandelaar) instead of swallowing it.
       error: () => {