diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h
index da71430c..87a34f5e 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h
@@ -167,17 +167,17 @@ private:
   void handleExport() {
     if (!Serial) { _task->showAlert("Connect USB first", 1200); return; }
     // The companion app multiplexes BLE + USB on the same frame protocol.
-    // When BLE is connected, USB-receive is ignored and we can safely push
-    // raw GPX bytes to USB. With BLE off the app would be on USB itself,
-    // so the dump would corrupt its incoming frames — refuse and tell the
-    // user how to make space.
-    if (!_task->hasConnection()) {
-      _task->showAlert("Connect BLE or disconnect app", 1500);
-      return;
-    }
+    // When BLE is connected, USB-receive is ignored and the dump can't
+    // collide. Without a BLE link the app might be on USB itself, in
+    // which case the raw GPX would land mid-frame and confuse it — warn
+    // the user but proceed (they may have no app attached at all).
     size_t n = _store->exportGpx(Serial);
-    char alert[24];
-    snprintf(alert, sizeof(alert), "GPX %u B over USB", (unsigned)n);
+    char alert[28];
+    if (_task->hasConnection()) {
+      snprintf(alert, sizeof(alert), "GPX %u B (USB)", (unsigned)n);
+    } else {
+      snprintf(alert, sizeof(alert), "GPX %u B - disc. app", (unsigned)n);
+    }
     _task->showAlert(alert, 1500);
   }