diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/AndroidManifest.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/AndroidManifest.xml
index 701dd4189..7381d8a88 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     <activity android:name="GamesList" 
               android:label="@string/title_games_list"
-              android:launchMode="singleTop"
+              android:launchMode="standard"
               android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"
               >
       <intent-filter>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DispatchNotify.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DispatchNotify.java
index 4455b12a1..f86dc281c 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DispatchNotify.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DispatchNotify.java
@@ -67,22 +67,19 @@ public class DispatchNotify extends Activity {
             DbgUtils.logf( "DispatchNotify: nothing running" );
             Intent intent = new Intent( this, GamesList.class );
 
-            /* Flags.  Tried Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK.  I don't
-             * remember what it fixes, but what it breaks is easy to
-             * duplicate.  Launch Crosswords from the home screen making
-             * sure it's the only instance running.  Get a networked game
-             * going, and with BoardActivity frontmost check the relay and
-             * select a relay notification.  New BoardActivity will come
-             * up, but if you hit home button then Crosswords icon you're
-             * back to games list.  Hit back button and you're back to
-             * BoardActivity, and back from there back to GamesList.
-             * That's because a new activity came up from the activity
-             * below thanks to the flag.
-             */
+            // This combination of flags will bring an existing
+            // GamesList instance to the front, killing any children
+            // it has, or create a new one if none exists.  Coupled
+            // with a "standard" launchMode it seems to work, meaning
+            // both that the app preserves its stack in normal use
+            // (you can go to Home with a stack of activities and
+            // return to the top activity on that stack if you
+            // relaunch the app) and that when I launch from here the
+            // stack gets nuked and we don't get a second GamesList
+            // instance.
 
             intent.setFlags( Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP
-                             // Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK NO See above
-                             );
+                             | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP );
             if ( null != relayIDs ) {
                 intent.putExtra( RELAYIDS_EXTRA, relayIDs );
             } else if ( null != data ) {
@@ -128,6 +125,7 @@ public class DispatchNotify extends Activity {
                 }
             }
         }
+        DbgUtils.logf( "tryHandle(%s)=>%b", data.toString(), handled );
         return handled;
     }
 
@@ -148,6 +146,7 @@ public class DispatchNotify extends Activity {
                 }
             }
         }
+        DbgUtils.logf( "tryHandle(%s)=>%b", relayIDs.toString(), handled );
         return handled;
     }
 }