diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportService.kt
index 4a465505..28bd78f6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportService.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.toHexKey
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.crypto.KeyPair
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.crypto.Nip01Crypto
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.signers.NostrSignerInternal
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip06KeyDerivation.Nip06
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.toNpub
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip49PrivKeyEnc.Nip49
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.Hex
@@ -63,8 +64,10 @@ object AccountExportService {
                                     didBackup = accountData.didBackup,
                                     signer = NostrSignerInternal(KeyPair(privKey.hexToByteArray())),
                                 )
-                                LocalPreferences.switchToAccount(Amber.instance, accountData.npub)
-                                LocalPreferences.updatePrefsForLogin(Amber.instance, account, hexKey.toHexKey(), privKey, accountData.seedWords)
+                                requireBackupIdentityMatches(accountData.npub, account)
+                                val seedWords = decryptExportedSeedWords(account, accountData.seedWords)
+                                LocalPreferences.switchToAccount(Amber.instance, account.npub)
+                                LocalPreferences.updatePrefsForLogin(Amber.instance, account, hexKey.toHexKey(), privKey, seedWords)
                             } catch (e: Exception) {
                                 if (e is CancellationException) throw e
 
@@ -81,6 +84,17 @@ object AccountExportService {
         }
     }
 
+    internal fun requireBackupIdentityMatches(metadataNpub: String, account: Account) {
+        require(metadataNpub == account.npub) { "Backup account does not match its encrypted private key" }
+    }
+
+    internal suspend fun decryptExportedSeedWords(account: Account, encryptedSeedWords: String?): String? {
+        if (encryptedSeedWords.isNullOrBlank()) return null
+        val seedWords = account.nip44Decrypt(encryptedSeedWords, account.hexKey)
+        require(Nip06().isValidMnemonic(seedWords)) { "Backup seed words are invalid" }
+        return seedWords
+    }
+
     /**
      * Export each account as a separate (npub, ncryptsec) pair.
      * Callers write each pair to its own file named "{npub}.ncryptsec".
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportSeedRestoreTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportSeedRestoreTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..942e4c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/service/AccountExportSeedRestoreTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.service
+
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.models.Account
+import io.mockk.coEvery
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockk
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertThrows
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class AccountExportSeedRestoreTest {
+    private val words = "abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon about"
+
+    @Test
+    fun `restore returns decrypted words instead of storing ciphertext as a mnemonic`() = runBlocking {
+        val account = mockk<Account>()
+        every { account.hexKey } returns "owner"
+        coEvery { account.nip44Decrypt("encrypted-seed", "owner") } returns words
+        assertEquals(words, AccountExportService.decryptExportedSeedWords(account, "encrypted-seed"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `absent seed does not overwrite existing words`() = runBlocking {
+        assertNull(AccountExportService.decryptExportedSeedWords(mockk(), ""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `invalid decrypted words fail before account storage`() {
+        val account = mockk<Account>()
+        every { account.hexKey } returns "owner"
+        coEvery { account.nip44Decrypt("encrypted-seed", "owner") } returns "not a mnemonic"
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException::class.java) {
+            runBlocking { AccountExportService.decryptExportedSeedWords(account, "encrypted-seed") }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `metadata npub must match the restored key identity`() {
+        val account = mockk<Account>()
+        every { account.npub } returns "npub-restored"
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException::class.java) {
+            AccountExportService.requireBackupIdentityMatches("npub-metadata", account)
+        }
+        AccountExportService.requireBackupIdentityMatches("npub-restored", account)
+    }
+}