diff --git a/docs/getting-started/publish-to-github-pages.md b/docs/getting-started/publish-to-github-pages.md
index df969d7..87d2f0f 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/publish-to-github-pages.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/publish-to-github-pages.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Open the GitHub Pages URL and confirm:
 - controls or motion behave the same way they did locally
 
 If the page exists but shows stale content, give GitHub Pages a short time to finish deployment and refresh again.
+If you're using Chrome, you may need to do a hard refresh to get the game to update: hold down the CTRL key and click the refresh button to the left of the address bar.
 
 ## Common Failure Modes
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/main.ts b/src/runtime/main.ts
index 07a8f07..4987cbb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/main.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/main.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ export function createGameConfig(container: string): Phaser.Types.Core.GameConfi
     };
 }
 
+export function configureGameAudioPersistence(game: Phaser.Game): void
+{
+    const soundManager = (game as any)?.sound;
+    if (!soundManager) return;
+    soundManager.pauseOnBlur = false;
+}
+
 export default function StartGame(container: string): Phaser.Game
 {
     const config = createGameConfig(container);
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ export default function StartGame(container: string): Phaser.Game
     }
 
     const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
+    configureGameAudioPersistence(game);
     (window as any).__phaserGame = game;
     return game;
 }
diff --git a/tests/runtime/main.test.ts b/tests/runtime/main.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e0593f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtime/main.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { configureGameAudioPersistence } from '../../src/runtime/main';
+
+describe('runtime game bootstrap', () => {
+  it('disables Phaser pause-on-blur so published audio keeps playing across focus changes', () => {
+    const game = {
+      sound: {
+        pauseOnBlur: true,
+      },
+    } as any;
+
+    configureGameAudioPersistence(game);
+
+    expect(game.sound.pauseOnBlur).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates game instances without a sound manager', () => {
+    expect(() => configureGameAudioPersistence({} as any)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});