diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeView.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeView.java
index cddfac4..796c814 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeView.java
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ public final class BackupsHomeView
    public static String render(BackupsHomeData data, String pathPrefix)
    {
       StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder("<div class=\"backups-home\" style=\"" + ROOT + "\">");
+      List<BackupsSetupStatus.Item> setupItems = BackupsSetupStatus.load(data.plans());
       planStatus(html, data, pathPrefix);
-      setup(html, data, pathPrefix);
+      setup(html, setupItems, pathPrefix);
       html.append("<div style=\"").append(GRID).append("\">");
-      needsAttention(html, data, pathPrefix);
+      needsAttention(html, data, setupItems, pathPrefix);
       latestTestRestore(html, data, pathPrefix);
       recentActivity(html, data, pathPrefix);
       trend(html, data);
@@ -144,9 +145,8 @@ public final class BackupsHomeView
     ** The Setup card: what a working backup needs, whether each part is in place,
     ** and the next step, linked to its table.
     *******************************************************************************/
-   private static void setup(StringBuilder html, BackupsHomeData data, String prefix)
+   private static void setup(StringBuilder html, List<BackupsSetupStatus.Item> items, String prefix)
    {
-      List<BackupsSetupStatus.Item> items = BackupsSetupStatus.load(data.plans());
       open(html, "Setup");
       long todo = items.stream().filter(i -> i.state() == BackupsSetupStatus.State.TODO).count();
       html.append("<p style=\"margin:0 0 .6rem;font-size:.9rem;\">")
@@ -185,23 +185,27 @@ public final class BackupsHomeView
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
-    ** Needs attention.
+    ** Needs attention: every Setup item that needs setup (the same list the Setup
+    ** card counts), plus plans in a problem state and recent failed runs, so the two
+    ** cards never disagree.
     *******************************************************************************/
-   private static void needsAttention(StringBuilder html, BackupsHomeData data, String prefix)
+   private static void needsAttention(StringBuilder html, BackupsHomeData data, List<BackupsSetupStatus.Item> setupItems, String prefix)
    {
       open(html, "Needs attention");
-      List<QRecord> plans = data.plansNeedingAttention();
-      if(data.plans().isEmpty())
+      List<BackupsSetupStatus.Item> setupTodo = setupItems.stream().filter(i -> i.state() == BackupsSetupStatus.State.TODO).toList();
+      List<QRecord>                 plans     = data.plansNeedingAttention();
+      if(setupTodo.isEmpty() && plans.isEmpty() && data.failedRuns().isEmpty())
       {
-         empty(html, "Nothing to check yet: no plans.");
-      }
-      else if(plans.isEmpty() && data.failedRuns().isEmpty())
-      {
-         empty(html, "Nothing needs attention.");
+         empty(html, data.plans().isEmpty() ? "Nothing to check yet: no plans." : "Nothing needs attention.");
       }
       else
       {
          html.append("<ul style=\"").append(ITEMS).append("\">");
+         for(BackupsSetupStatus.Item item : setupTodo)
+         {
+            html.append("<li>Setup: <a style=\"").append(LINK).append("\" href=\"").append(esc(prefix + "/" + item.tableName())).append("\">").append(esc(item.label())).append("</a>: ")
+               .append(esc(item.detail())).append("</li>");
+         }
          for(QRecord plan : plans)
          {
             html.append("<li>").append(recordLink(prefix, BackupsTables.PLAN, plan.getValue("id"), plan.getValueString("name")))
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeTest.java
index 23a9d56..550cff3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/backups/app/BackupsHomeTest.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BackupsHomeTest
    void testEmptyStates()
    {
       String html = BackupsHomeView.render(new BackupsHomeData(List.of(), List.of(), List.of(), List.of(), List.of(), Instant.now()), "/app");
-      assertThat(html).contains("No backup plans yet").contains("Nothing to check yet").contains("No test restore yet")
+      assertThat(html).contains("No backup plans yet").contains("Setup: <a").contains("No plan: nothing is backed up.").doesNotContain("Nothing needs attention").contains("No test restore yet")
          .contains("Nothing has run yet").contains("Trends appear after the first successful run").contains("Retention starts once runs exist");
       assertThat(BackupsHomeView.renderHealthCard(new BackupsHomeData(List.of(), List.of(), List.of(), List.of(), List.of(), Instant.now()), "/app")).contains("No backup plans yet");
    }
@@ -121,6 +121,45 @@ class BackupsHomeTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The Setup card and the Needs attention card never contradict each other: a plan
+    ** whose storage aliases do not resolve is a Setup fault, and it is listed under
+    ** Needs attention too, with the same count.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testUnresolvedAliasAppearsInSetupAndNeedsAttention() throws Exception
+   {
+      BackupsRuntime.getConfig().withStorageResolver(alias -> BackupsTestUtils.BACKUPS);
+      new BackupCatalog().insert(BackupsTables.PLAN, new LinkedHashMap<>(Map.of("name", "Offsite", "planKey", "offsite", "isActive", true, "scopeType", "INSTANCE",
+         "storageBucketAlias", "backupsAws", "pruneBucketAlias", "backupsAwsPrune")));
+
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // the aliases resolved when the plan was saved; now the bucket is gone      //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      BackupsRuntime.getConfig().withStorageResolver(alias -> "backups".equals(alias) ? BackupsTestUtils.BACKUPS : null);
+
+      BackupsHomeData data = BackupsHomeData.load();
+      List<BackupsSetupStatus.Item> setupTodo = BackupsSetupStatus.load(data.plans()).stream().filter(i -> i.state() == BackupsSetupStatus.State.TODO).toList();
+      assertThat(setupTodo).extracting(BackupsSetupStatus.Item::label).contains("Storage");
+
+      String html = BackupsHomeView.render(data, "/app");
+      String attention = html.substring(html.indexOf(">Needs attention<"));
+      attention = attention.substring(0, attention.indexOf("All runs"));
+      assertThat(attention).doesNotContain("Nothing needs attention").contains("backupsAws").contains("backupsAwsPrune");
+
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // every Setup TODO is listed under Needs attention (counts agree: 2 and 2)   //
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      assertThat(html).contains(setupTodo.size() + " items need attention.");
+      for(BackupsSetupStatus.Item item : setupTodo)
+      {
+         assertThat(attention).contains("Setup: <a").contains(item.label());
+      }
+      assertThat(attention.split("<li>", -1).length - 1).isEqualTo(setupTodo.size() + data.plansNeedingAttention().size() + data.failedRuns().size());
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** The links follow the configured table path prefix.
     *******************************************************************************/