diff --git a/app/lib/main.dart b/app/lib/main.dart
index 7662457..680d2ce 100644
--- a/app/lib/main.dart
+++ b/app/lib/main.dart
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ class _CopyPasteAppState extends State<CopyPasteApp>
 
   Future<void> _initShell() async {
     windowManager.addListener(this);
+    _startListening();
     final isFirstRun = widget.storage.isFirstRun;
     await _appWindow.init();
     if (Platform.isWindows || Platform.isMacOS) {
@@ -210,7 +211,6 @@ class _CopyPasteAppState extends State<CopyPasteApp>
       }
     }
 
-    _startListening();
     AutoUpdateService.onUpdateAvailable = _onUpdateAvailable;
     unawaited(AutoUpdateService.initialize());
   }
diff --git a/app/lib/screens/main_screen.dart b/app/lib/screens/main_screen.dart
index 828cabb..4202133 100644
--- a/app/lib/screens/main_screen.dart
+++ b/app/lib/screens/main_screen.dart
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class MainScreenState extends State<MainScreen> {
   ClipboardTab _currentTab = ClipboardTab.recent;
   List<ClipboardItem> _items = [];
   bool _loading = false;
+  bool _pendingReload = false;
   int _selectedIndex = -1;
   int _expandedIndex = -1;
   Timer? _reloadDebounce;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class MainScreenState extends State<MainScreen> {
 
   Future<void> _loadItems() async {
     if (_loading) return;
+    _pendingReload = false;
     setState(() => _loading = true);
 
     try {
@@ -158,11 +160,22 @@ class MainScreenState extends State<MainScreen> {
       AppLogger.error('Failed to load items: $e');
       setState(() => _loading = false);
     }
+
+    if (_pendingReload) {
+      _pendingReload = false;
+      _currentPage = 0;
+      _hasMore = true;
+      await _loadItems();
+    }
   }
 
   void _reload() {
     _reloadDebounce?.cancel();
     _reloadDebounce = Timer(const Duration(milliseconds: 80), () {
+      if (_loading) {
+        _pendingReload = true;
+        return;
+      }
       _currentPage = 0;
       _hasMore = true;
       _loadItems();
diff --git a/core/lib/services/clipboard_service.dart b/core/lib/services/clipboard_service.dart
index ab4c3da..5fd6a3c 100644
--- a/core/lib/services/clipboard_service.dart
+++ b/core/lib/services/clipboard_service.dart
@@ -27,23 +27,23 @@ class ClipboardService {
 
   int pasteIgnoreWindowMs = 450;
 
-  DateTime _lastPasteTime = DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(0, isUtc: true);
+  Stopwatch? _pasteStopwatch;
   String? _lastPastedContent;
 
   Future<void> notifyPasteInitiated(String itemId) async {
-    _lastPasteTime = DateTime.now().toUtc();
+    _pasteStopwatch = Stopwatch()..start();
     final item = await _repository.getById(itemId);
     _lastPastedContent = item?.content;
   }
 
   bool _shouldIgnore(String? content) {
-    final elapsed = DateTime.now().toUtc().difference(_lastPasteTime);
-    if (elapsed.inMilliseconds < pasteIgnoreWindowMs) {
-      return true;
-    }
+    final sw = _pasteStopwatch;
+    if (sw == null) return false;
+    final elapsed = sw.elapsedMilliseconds;
+    if (elapsed < pasteIgnoreWindowMs) return true;
     if (content != null &&
         content == _lastPastedContent &&
-        elapsed.inMilliseconds < pasteIgnoreWindowMs * 2) {
+        elapsed < pasteIgnoreWindowMs * 2) {
       return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ class ClipboardService {
       modifiedAt: now,
     );
     await _repository.update(updated);
-    await notifyPasteInitiated(itemId);
     return updated;
   }
 
diff --git a/listener/windows/listener_plugin.cpp b/listener/windows/listener_plugin.cpp
index 9dc49f3..465d1e5 100644
--- a/listener/windows/listener_plugin.cpp
+++ b/listener/windows/listener_plugin.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <map>
 #include <optional>
+#include <unordered_map>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -37,8 +38,6 @@ namespace listener {
 
 namespace {
 
-static const UINT kWmClipboardUpdate = 0x031D;
-
 std::vector<uint8_t> ConvertDibToBmp(const std::vector<uint8_t>& dib) {
   if (dib.size() < sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER)) return {};
 
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ void ListenerPlugin::StopListening() {
 
 std::optional<LRESULT> ListenerPlugin::HandleWindowMessage(
     HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam) {
-  if (message == kWmClipboardUpdate) {
+  if (message == WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE) {
     KillTimer(hwnd, kClipboardTimerId);
     SetTimer(hwnd, kClipboardTimerId, kClipboardTimerDelayMs, nullptr);
   } else if (message == WM_TIMER && wparam == kClipboardTimerId) {
@@ -275,6 +274,10 @@ void ListenerPlugin::OnClipboardChanged() {
   HWND hwnd = registrar_->GetView() ? registrar_->GetView()->GetNativeWindow()
                                      : nullptr;
   if (!hwnd) return;
+  if (last_write_tick_ > 0 &&
+      (GetTickCount64() - last_write_tick_) < kSelfWriteIgnoreMs) {
+    return;
+  }
   if (!OpenClipboard(hwnd)) return;
 
   flutter::EncodableMap event;
@@ -393,12 +396,17 @@ bool ListenerPlugin::ShouldExclude() const {
     return true;
   }
   if (cf_can_include_ && IsClipboardFormatAvailable(cf_can_include_)) {
-    auto data = ExtractBytes(cf_can_include_);
-    if (data.size() >= 4) {
-      int val = static_cast<int>(data[0]) | (static_cast<int>(data[1]) << 8) |
-                (static_cast<int>(data[2]) << 16) |
-                (static_cast<int>(data[3]) << 24);
-      if (val == 0) return true;
+    HANDLE hData = GetClipboardData(cf_can_include_);
+    if (hData && GlobalSize(hData) >= 4) {
+      const void* ptr = GlobalLock(hData);
+      if (ptr) {
+        const auto* bytes = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(ptr);
+        int val = static_cast<int>(bytes[0]) | (static_cast<int>(bytes[1]) << 8) |
+                  (static_cast<int>(bytes[2]) << 16) |
+                  (static_cast<int>(bytes[3]) << 24);
+        GlobalUnlock(hData);
+        if (val == 0) return true;
+      }
     }
   }
   return false;
@@ -535,17 +543,20 @@ std::vector<std::wstring> ListenerPlugin::ExtractFilePaths() {
 
 bool ListenerPlugin::IsUrl(const std::wstring& text) {
   if (text.size() < 5) return false;
-  auto lower = text;
-  std::transform(lower.begin(), lower.end(), lower.begin(), ::towlower);
 
   static const std::wstring kPrefixes[] = {
       L"https://", L"http://", L"ftp://", L"file:///", L"mailto:",
   };
 
+  static constexpr size_t kMaxPrefix = 9;  // longest prefix is "file:///"
+  const size_t checkLen = (std::min)(text.size(), kMaxPrefix);
+  std::wstring head(text.data(), checkLen);
+  std::transform(head.begin(), head.end(), head.begin(), ::towlower);
+
   bool matched = false;
   for (const auto& prefix : kPrefixes) {
-    if (lower.size() >= prefix.size() &&
-        lower.substr(0, prefix.size()) == prefix) {
+    if (head.size() >= prefix.size() &&
+        head.compare(0, prefix.size(), prefix) == 0) {
       matched = true;
       break;
     }
@@ -567,7 +578,7 @@ int ListenerPlugin::DetectFileType(const std::wstring& path) {
   std::wstring ext = p.extension().wstring();
   std::transform(ext.begin(), ext.end(), ext.begin(), ::towupper);
 
-  static const std::map<std::wstring, int> kExtMap = {
+  static const std::unordered_map<std::wstring, int> kExtMap = {
       {L".MP3", 5},  {L".WAV", 5},  {L".FLAC", 5}, {L".AAC", 5},
       {L".OGG", 5},  {L".WMA", 5},  {L".M4A", 5},
       {L".MP4", 6},  {L".AVI", 6},  {L".MKV", 6},  {L".MOV", 6},
@@ -734,6 +745,10 @@ bool ListenerPlugin::SetTextToClipboard(
   bool ok = false;
 
   std::wstring wide = Utf8ToWide(text);
+  if (wide.empty()) {
+    CloseClipboard();
+    return false;
+  }
   size_t sz = (wide.size() + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t);
   HGLOBAL hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, sz);
   if (hMem) {
@@ -786,6 +801,7 @@ bool ListenerPlugin::SetTextToClipboard(
   }
 
   CloseClipboard();
+  if (ok) last_write_tick_ = GetTickCount64();
   return ok;
 }
 
@@ -861,6 +877,7 @@ bool ListenerPlugin::SetImageToClipboard(const std::string& imagePath) {
   if (!ok) GlobalFree(hMem);
 
   CloseClipboard();
+  if (ok) last_write_tick_ = GetTickCount64();
   return ok;
 }
 
@@ -919,6 +936,7 @@ bool ListenerPlugin::SetFilesToClipboard(
   if (!ok) GlobalFree(hMem);
 
   CloseClipboard();
+  if (ok) last_write_tick_ = GetTickCount64();
   return ok;
 }
 
diff --git a/listener/windows/listener_plugin.h b/listener/windows/listener_plugin.h
index 7dae96b..b8b9ee7 100644
--- a/listener/windows/listener_plugin.h
+++ b/listener/windows/listener_plugin.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class ListenerPlugin : public flutter::Plugin {
   static constexpr ULONGLONG kDebounceMs = 500;
   static constexpr UINT_PTR kClipboardTimerId = 1;
   static constexpr UINT kClipboardTimerDelayMs = 50;
+  static constexpr ULONGLONG kSelfWriteIgnoreMs = 700;
+
+  ULONGLONG last_write_tick_ = 0;
 
   UINT cf_rtf_ = 0;
   UINT cf_html_ = 0;