diff --git a/backend/display.py b/backend/display.py
index 913d750..27d9571 100644
--- a/backend/display.py
+++ b/backend/display.py
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ class ManagedGuiApp:
 
     async def _capture_loop(self):
         """Background: capture window pixmap → JPEG → fan-out."""
-        # Wait for window to appear
-        for attempt in range(20):
+        # Wait for window to appear (up to ~30s for heavy apps like Electron)
+        for attempt in range(30):
             if not self.alive:
                 return
             await self._discover_window()
             if self.window_id:
                 break
-            await asyncio.sleep(0.5 * (1 + attempt * 0.2))
+            await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
 
         if not self.window_id:
             log.warning("No window found for app %s (%s)", self.app_id, self.command)
@@ -269,24 +269,88 @@ class ManagedGuiApp:
             return None
 
     async def _discover_window(self):
-        """Find X11 window ID for this app's process."""
+        """Find X11 window ID for this app's process.
+
+        Tries multiple strategies:
+        1. Direct PID match (works for simple apps)
+        2. Child PID match (walks /proc for descendants — Electron apps fork)
+        3. Any visible window on the display (last resort)
+        """
         if not XDOTOOL_BIN or not self.process:
             return
+        env = self._display_env()
+
+        # Strategy 1: direct PID match
+        wid = await self._xdotool_search("--pid", str(self.process.pid), env=env)
+        if wid:
+            self.window_id = wid
+            log.debug("Window %d found by PID %d for %s", wid, self.process.pid, self.app_id)
+            return
+
+        # Strategy 2: search child PIDs (Electron/forking apps)
+        try:
+            child_pids = self._get_descendant_pids(self.process.pid)
+            for cpid in child_pids:
+                wid = await self._xdotool_search("--pid", str(cpid), env=env)
+                if wid:
+                    self.window_id = wid
+                    log.debug("Window %d found by child PID %d for %s", wid, cpid, self.app_id)
+                    return
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        # Strategy 3: search by window name containing the app command/title
+        for query in (self.title, self.command):
+            if query:
+                wid = await self._xdotool_search("--name", query, env=env)
+                if wid:
+                    self.window_id = wid
+                    log.debug("Window %d found by name '%s' for %s", wid, query, self.app_id)
+                    return
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_descendant_pids(parent_pid: int) -> list[int]:
+        """Walk /proc to find all descendant PIDs of a process."""
+        children = []
+        try:
+            for entry in os.listdir("/proc"):
+                if not entry.isdigit():
+                    continue
+                try:
+                    with open(f"/proc/{entry}/stat") as f:
+                        stat = f.read()
+                    # Field 4 is PPID
+                    parts = stat.split()
+                    ppid = int(parts[3])
+                    pid = int(entry)
+                    if ppid == parent_pid:
+                        children.append(pid)
+                except (OSError, IndexError, ValueError):
+                    continue
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        # Recurse into children
+        grandchildren = []
+        for cpid in children:
+            grandchildren.extend(ManagedGuiApp._get_descendant_pids(cpid))
+        return children + grandchildren
+
+    async def _xdotool_search(self, *args, env=None) -> Optional[int]:
+        """Run xdotool search and return first window ID, or None."""
         try:
             proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
-                XDOTOOL_BIN, "search", "--pid", str(self.process.pid),
+                XDOTOOL_BIN, "search", *args,
                 stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
-                env=self._display_env(),
+                env=env,
             )
             stdout, _ = await asyncio.wait_for(proc.communicate(), timeout=5)
             lines = stdout.decode().strip().splitlines()
             if lines:
-                self.window_id = int(lines[0])
-                log.debug("Discovered window %d for app %s (pid %d)",
-                          self.window_id, self.app_id, self.process.pid)
+                return int(lines[0])
         except Exception:
             pass
+        return None
 
     # ---- Input forwarding ----