diff --git a/build/element-call/config.json b/build/element-call/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ad2fe004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/element-call/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "matrix_rtc_session": {
+    "delayed_leave": { "delay_ms": 60000, "restart_ms": 15000 }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts b/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts
index bae50395d..5dda97090 100644
--- a/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/local-homeserver.spec.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,17 @@ test.describe('local homeserver regression', () => {
     );
     await loginUI(page, alice);
     await openRoom(page, room);
+    // Wait for the timeline to settle at the newest message first: a wheel
+    // during the initial jump-to-bottom gets snapped back (test race, seen
+    // ~1 in 5 runs once matrix-js-sdk 44 changed the load timing).
+    await expect(page.getByText('filler 39')).toBeInViewport();
     await page.mouse.move(600, 350);
-    await page.mouse.wheel(0, -600);
-    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: /Jump to Latest/ })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(async () => {
+      await page.mouse.wheel(0, -600);
+      await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: /Jump to Latest/ })).toBeVisible({
+        timeout: 2000,
+      });
+    }).toPass({ timeout: 20_000 });
     await page.locator('[data-slate-editor]').first().click();
     await page.keyboard.type('sent while scrolled up');
     await page.keyboard.press('Enter');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 166ae2d33..cc9868e39 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@axe-core/playwright": "4.13.0",
-        "@lotusguild/element-call-embedded": "0.25.0-lotus.29",
+        "@lotusguild/element-call-embedded": "0.28.0-lotus.1",
         "@playwright/test": "1.63.0",
         "@rollup/plugin-inject": "5.0.5",
         "@rollup/plugin-wasm": "6.2.2",
@@ -2695,9 +2695,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-dfLbk+PwWvFzSxwk3n5ySL0hfBog779o8h68wK/7/APo/7cgyWp5jcXockbxdk5kFRkbeXWm4Fbi9FrdN381sA=="
     },
     "node_modules/@lotusguild/element-call-embedded": {
-      "version": "0.25.0-lotus.29",
-      "resolved": "https://code.lotusguild.org/api/packages/LotusGuild/npm/%40lotusguild%2Felement-call-embedded/-/0.25.0-lotus.29/element-call-embedded-0.25.0-lotus.29.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-IAIEyiOFfkfb1k2JfBNOkX4LOVaGF8LzeKVQYCqKoyKDVao6rYEYA71LON8ntTaxkredXOK4CeLFsnkCiJHuGg==",
+      "version": "0.28.0-lotus.1",
+      "resolved": "https://code.lotusguild.org/api/packages/LotusGuild/npm/%40lotusguild%2Felement-call-embedded/-/0.28.0-lotus.1/element-call-embedded-0.28.0-lotus.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MRbrDv4D36q0a37WfPxuTxszcLDflx+ciMJM3W0UTxLApYK0mbMrFfAUo5yNhoQVUbVrcxI43N3M47zU4/ktAQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1072386f6..4c6514661 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@axe-core/playwright": "4.13.0",
-    "@lotusguild/element-call-embedded": "0.25.0-lotus.29",
+    "@lotusguild/element-call-embedded": "0.28.0-lotus.1",
     "@playwright/test": "1.63.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-inject": "5.0.5",
     "@rollup/plugin-wasm": "6.2.2",
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 9557eb18e..209d095b4 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ const copyFiles = {
       dest: 'public/element-call',
       rename: { stripBase: 4 },
     },
+    {
+      // [Gitea #201] Element Call's config. Since v0.28 the embedded package
+      // ships none (its defaults are an 18 s delayed leave), so ship the Lotus
+      // values: keep the call membership 60 s through a homeserver stall
+      // (element-call lotus #46). On the web the deploy never overwrites the
+      // server's own public/element-call/config.json (rsync excludes it); this
+      // copy is what the desktop app and fresh installs get.
+      src: 'build/element-call/config.json',
+      dest: 'public/element-call',
+      rename: { stripBase: 2 },
+    },
     {
       src: 'config.json',
       dest: '',