diff --git a/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/DataLoader.swift b/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/DataLoader.swift
index b7808c7..31de5b6 100644
--- a/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/DataLoader.swift
+++ b/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/DataLoader.swift
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ actor DataLoader {
     static let courseDataVersion = 7
     static let courseDataKey = "courseDataVersion"
 
-    static let textbookDataVersion = 11
+    static let textbookDataVersion = 12
     static let textbookDataKey = "textbookDataVersion"
 
     /// Quick check: does the DB need seeding or course data refresh?
@@ -148,13 +148,24 @@ actor DataLoader {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Re-seed textbook data if the version has changed.
+    /// Re-seed textbook data if the version has changed OR if the rows are
+    /// missing on disk. The row-count check exists because anything opening
+    /// this store with a subset schema (e.g. an out-of-date widget extension)
+    /// can destructively drop the rows without touching UserDefaults — so a
+    /// pure version-flag trigger would leave us permanently empty.
     static func refreshTextbookDataIfNeeded(container: ModelContainer) async {
         let shared = UserDefaults.standard
-        if shared.integer(forKey: textbookDataKey) >= textbookDataVersion { return }
-
-        print("Textbook data version outdated — re-seeding...")
         let context = ModelContext(container)
+        let existingCount = (try? context.fetchCount(FetchDescriptor<TextbookChapter>())) ?? 0
+        let versionCurrent = shared.integer(forKey: textbookDataKey) >= textbookDataVersion
+
+        if versionCurrent && existingCount > 0 { return }
+
+        if versionCurrent {
+            print("Textbook data version current but store has \(existingCount) chapters — re-seeding...")
+        } else {
+            print("Textbook data version outdated — re-seeding...")
+        }
 
         // Fetch + delete individually instead of batch delete. SwiftData's
         // context.delete(model:) hits the store directly and doesn't always
diff --git a/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/StoreInspector.swift b/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/StoreInspector.swift
index 6061d13..2ef6c61 100644
--- a/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/StoreInspector.swift
+++ b/Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/StoreInspector.swift
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ enum StoreInspector {
         let hasZVERBFORM = tables.contains("ZVERBFORM")
         let hasZTENSEGUIDE = tables.contains("ZTENSEGUIDE")
         let hasZVOCABCARD = tables.contains("ZVOCABCARD")
+        let hasZTEXTBOOKCHAPTER = tables.contains("ZTEXTBOOKCHAPTER")
 
         var summary = "[StoreInspector:\(label)] \(tables.count) tables"
         summary += " | ZVERB=\(hasZVERB ? queryInt(db: db, sql: "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ZVERB") : -1)"
         summary += " ZVERBFORM=\(hasZVERBFORM ? queryInt(db: db, sql: "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ZVERBFORM") : -1)"
         summary += " ZTENSEGUIDE=\(hasZTENSEGUIDE ? queryInt(db: db, sql: "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ZTENSEGUIDE") : -1)"
         summary += " ZVOCABCARD=\(hasZVOCABCARD ? queryInt(db: db, sql: "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ZVOCABCARD") : -1)"
+        summary += " ZTEXTBOOKCHAPTER=\(hasZTEXTBOOKCHAPTER ? queryInt(db: db, sql: "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ZTEXTBOOKCHAPTER") : -1)"
         print(summary)
 
         // Log all Z-tables (SwiftData entity tables start with Z, minus Core Data system tables)
diff --git a/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/CombinedWidget.swift b/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/CombinedWidget.swift
index 70c6725..ef24ef3 100644
--- a/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/CombinedWidget.swift
+++ b/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/CombinedWidget.swift
@@ -41,14 +41,16 @@ struct CombinedProvider: TimelineProvider {
     private func fetchWordOfDay(for date: Date) -> WordOfDay? {
         guard let localURL = SharedStore.localStoreURL() else { return nil }
 
-        // MUST declare all 6 local entities to match the main app's schema.
-        // Declaring a subset would cause SwiftData to destructively migrate the store
-        // on open, dropping the entities not listed here.
+        // MUST declare all 7 local entities to match the main app's schema.
+        // Declaring a subset would cause SwiftData to destructively migrate the
+        // store on open, dropping the entities not listed here (this is how we
+        // previously lost all TextbookChapter rows on every widget refresh).
         let config = ModelConfiguration(
             "local",
             schema: Schema([
                 Verb.self, VerbForm.self, IrregularSpan.self,
                 TenseGuide.self, CourseDeck.self, VocabCard.self,
+                TextbookChapter.self,
             ]),
             url: localURL,
             cloudKitDatabase: .none
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ struct CombinedProvider: TimelineProvider {
         guard let container = try? ModelContainer(
             for: Verb.self, VerbForm.self, IrregularSpan.self,
                  TenseGuide.self, CourseDeck.self, VocabCard.self,
+                 TextbookChapter.self,
             configurations: config
         ) else { return nil }
 
diff --git a/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/WordOfDayWidget.swift b/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/WordOfDayWidget.swift
index e97530e..c41c3be 100644
--- a/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/WordOfDayWidget.swift
+++ b/Conjuga/ConjugaWidget/WordOfDayWidget.swift
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ struct WordOfDayProvider: TimelineProvider {
     private func fetchWordOfDay(for date: Date) -> WordOfDay? {
         guard let localURL = SharedStore.localStoreURL() else { return nil }
 
-        // MUST declare all 6 local entities to match the main app's schema.
-        // Declaring a subset would cause SwiftData to destructively migrate the store
-        // on open, dropping the entities not listed here.
+        // MUST declare all 7 local entities to match the main app's schema.
+        // Declaring a subset would cause SwiftData to destructively migrate the
+        // store on open, dropping the entities not listed here (this is how we
+        // previously lost all TextbookChapter rows on every widget refresh).
         let config = ModelConfiguration(
             "local",
             schema: Schema([
                 Verb.self, VerbForm.self, IrregularSpan.self,
                 TenseGuide.self, CourseDeck.self, VocabCard.self,
+                TextbookChapter.self,
             ]),
             url: localURL,
             cloudKitDatabase: .none
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ struct WordOfDayProvider: TimelineProvider {
         guard let container = try? ModelContainer(
             for: Verb.self, VerbForm.self, IrregularSpan.self,
                  TenseGuide.self, CourseDeck.self, VocabCard.self,
+                 TextbookChapter.self,
             configurations: config
         ) else { return nil }