diff --git a/OFFICIAL-API-TODO.md b/OFFICIAL-API-TODO.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d2a8b7f..0000000
--- a/OFFICIAL-API-TODO.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Official Hermes Dashboard API Integration
-
-Branch: `feat/official-api`
-
-## Overview
-Integrate with the official Hermes REST API (`hermes dashboard` on `127.0.0.1:9119`) to replace or supplement CLI-based data fetching.
-
-Reference: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard
-
-## Priority
-
-### High
-1. **Config management page** — `GET/PUT /api/config`, `GET /api/config/schema`
-   - New settings page with form-based config editor
-   - All config fields auto-discovered from schema
-   - Save, reset to defaults, export/import
-2. **API Key management** — `GET/PUT/DELETE /api/env`
-   - View, set, delete API keys
-   - Grouped by category (LLM, Tools, Messaging)
-   - Redacted value display
-3. **Session search** — `GET /api/sessions/search?q=...`
-   - Full-text search across all message content
-   - Highlighted snippets
-
-### Medium
-4. **Analytics** — `GET /api/analytics/usage?days=30`
-   - Use official API data instead of computing from session list
-   - More accurate cost/cache stats
-5. **Cron job management** — Full CRUD
-   - Create, pause/resume, trigger, delete scheduled jobs
-   - Job list with status, schedule, run history
-6. **Skills toggle** — `PUT /api/skills/toggle`
-   - Enable/disable skills directly from UI
-7. **Status enhancement** — `GET /api/status`
-   - Platform connection states
-   - Active session count
-
-### Low
-8. **Toolsets** — `GET /api/tools/toolsets`
-   - Display available toolsets with status
-
-## Architecture
-- BFF (Koa) proxies requests to official API at `127.0.0.1:9119`
-- Fallback to CLI when official API is not available
-- User can configure official dashboard address in settings
-- CORS: official API restricts to localhost, our BFF handles this
-
-## API Endpoints to Integrate
-- `GET /api/status`
-- `GET /api/sessions`, `GET /api/sessions/{id}`, `GET /api/sessions/{id}/messages`
-- `GET /api/sessions/search?q=...`
-- `DELETE /api/sessions/{id}`
-- `GET /api/config`, `GET /api/config/defaults`, `GET /api/config/schema`, `PUT /api/config`
-- `GET /api/env`, `PUT /api/env`, `DELETE /api/env`
-- `GET /api/logs`
-- `GET /api/analytics/usage?days=N`
-- `GET /api/cron/jobs`, `POST /api/cron/jobs`, `POST/DELETE /api/cron/jobs/{id}/*`
-- `GET /api/skills`, `PUT /api/skills/toggle`
-- `GET /api/tools/toolsets`
diff --git a/bin/hermes-web-ui.mjs b/bin/hermes-web-ui.mjs
index 0c5afd2..4036062 100755
--- a/bin/hermes-web-ui.mjs
+++ b/bin/hermes-web-ui.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { spawn, execSync } from 'child_process'
 import { resolve, dirname, join } from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, unlinkSync, mkdirSync, openSync } from 'fs'
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto'
 import { homedir } from 'os'
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
@@ -23,6 +24,20 @@ function getToken() {
   }
 }
 
+function ensureToken() {
+  // If AUTH_DISABLED or AUTH_TOKEN is set, let server handle it
+  if (process.env.AUTH_DISABLED === '1' || process.env.AUTH_DISABLED === 'true') return null
+  if (process.env.AUTH_TOKEN) return process.env.AUTH_TOKEN
+
+  let token = getToken()
+  if (!token) {
+    mkdirSync(dirname(TOKEN_FILE), { recursive: true })
+    token = randomBytes(32).toString('hex')
+    writeFileSync(TOKEN_FILE, token + '\n', { mode: 0o600 })
+  }
+  return token
+}
+
 function getPort() {
   if (process.argv[3] && !isNaN(process.argv[3])) return parseInt(process.argv[3])
   if (process.argv.includes('--port')) return parseInt(process.argv[process.argv.indexOf('--port') + 1])
@@ -90,11 +105,13 @@ function startDaemon(port) {
 
   mkdirSync(PID_DIR, { recursive: true })
 
+  const token = ensureToken()
+
   const logStream = openSync(LOG_FILE, 'a')
   const child = spawn(process.execPath, [serverEntry], {
     detached: true,
     stdio: ['ignore', logStream, logStream],
-    env: { ...process.env, PORT: String(port) },
+    env: { ...process.env, PORT: String(port), AUTH_TOKEN: token },
     windowsHide: true,
   })
 
@@ -110,14 +127,11 @@ function startDaemon(port) {
   setTimeout(() => {
     if (isRunning(child.pid)) {
       console.log(`  ✓ hermes-web-ui started (PID: ${child.pid}, port: ${port})`)
-      console.log(`    http://localhost:${port}`)
+      const url = token
+        ? `http://localhost:${port}/#/?token=${token}`
+        : `http://localhost:${port}`
+      console.log(`    ${url}`)
       console.log(`    Log: ${LOG_FILE}`)
-      const token = getToken()
-      if (token) {
-        console.log(`    Token: ${token}`)
-      }
-      // Open browser
-      const url = `http://localhost:${port}`
       const isWin = process.platform === 'win32'
       const cmd = isWin ? `start ${url}` : process.platform === 'darwin' ? `open ${url}` : `xdg-open ${url}`
       try { execSync(cmd, { stdio: 'ignore' }) } catch {}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2ff00d..2abfb67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hermes-web-ui",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "description": "Hermes Agent Web UI - Chat and Job Management Dashboard",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 1c587d4..29cf864 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ async function ensureApiServerConfig() {
     let changed = false
 
     for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(defaults)) {
-      if (api[k] == null) {
+      if (api[k] != null && api[k] !== v) {
         api[k] = v
         changed = true
       }